Semantic prosody [ a critical evaluation

Presents a full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. This work discusses the relevance of the theory of priming in this area, and whether semantic prosody has cogency as a theoretical concept

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stewart, Dominic (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledg , c2010
Series:Routledge advances in corpus linguistics 9
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Description
Summary:Presents a full-length treatment of semantic prosody, a concept akin to connotation but which connects crucially with typical lexical environment. This work discusses the relevance of the theory of priming in this area, and whether semantic prosody has cogency as a theoretical concept
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 180 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p 171-176) and index
ISBN:0203870077 (electronic bk.)
9780203870075 (electronic bk.)
9780415804400