Linguistic Prefabrication A Discourse Analysis Approach

This book presents an innovative exploration of linguistic prefabrication in the travel advertising discourse from a functional perspective. Most of the previous studies on prefabricated language have adopted a structural, systematic point of view. This s

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Linguistic Prefabrication A Discourse Analysis Approach

Linguistic Prefabrication

Jianxin Ding

Linguistic Prefabrication A Discourse Analysis Approach

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Jianxin Ding School of Foreign Languages Sun Yat-sen University Haizhu District, Guangzhou Guangdong, China

ISBN 978-981-10-7009-9 ISBN 978-981-10-7010-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7010-5

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Acknowledgements

Prefabrication is a pervasive feature of language. In talking about linguistic prefabrication, one must also talk about vocabulary, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics. It demands from the analyst a good background and training for general linguistics. For the opportunity to acquire such a background and training, I am indebted to the School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University, and professors working in the school. My thanks for Prof. Huang Guowen will be more than obvious to readers of this dissertation. Special thanks are due to Prof. Yang Xinzhang of Xiamen University. Discussions with him about my outline have proved to be so helpful in shaping this dissertation. His care for me goes beyond the academic area. It is he and his wife who took care of my family when I was away over the years. Also helpful in enlarging and deepening my understanding of linguistic scholarship are my contacts with J. R. Martin from the University of Sidney. With him, I talked about linguistics in Britain and Australia. The immediate inspiration from him comes from our common interest in J. R. Firth, the first lingui