ABSTRACT

John Sinclair is one of the major figures in applied linguistics and his work is essential study for students.
This accessible book collects in one volume Sinclair's key papers on written discourse structure, lexis patterns, phraseology, corpus analysis, lexicography and linguistic theory from the 1990s. All the papers have been edited and updated for this book. The clear and accessible introduction helps students to navigate his key themes and arguments, making the volume an ideal companion for those coming to Sinclair's more recent writings for the first time.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Foundations

chapter 1|15 pages

Trust the text

chapter 2|25 pages

The search for units of meaning

part |2 pages

Part II The organization of text

chapter 3|16 pages

Planes of discourse

chapter 5|20 pages

Written discourse structure

chapter 6|13 pages

The internalization of dialogue

chapter 7|14 pages

A tool for text explication

part |2 pages

Part III Lexis and grammar

chapter 8|18 pages

The lexical item

chapter 9|15 pages

The empty lexicon

chapter 10|13 pages

Lexical grammar

chapter 11|8 pages

Phraseognomy

chapter 12|9 pages

Current issues in corpus linguistics