Themes in Swedish advanced learners' writing in English

Studies in Corpus Linguistics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 101-120

  Herriman, Jennifer ^a   Aronsson, Mia Boström ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026522805     PISSN: 13880373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/scl.33.11her     Document Type: Review

References (47)

1. Ädel, A. 2006. Metadiscourse in L1 and L2 English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2. Aijmer, K, 2001. I think as a marker of discourse style in argumentative student writing. In A Wealth of English: Studies in Honour of Göran Kjellmer, K. Aijmer (ed.), 247-257. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.
3. Altenberg, B. 1998. On the phraseology of spoken English: The evidence of recurrent word-combinations. In Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications, A. P. Cowie (ed.), 101-122. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
4. Biber, D. 1988. Variation across Speech and Writing. Cambridge: CUP.
5. Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S. & Finegan, E. 1999. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. London: Longman.
6. Boström Aronsson, M. 2005. Themes in Swedish Advanced Learners' Written English. PhD dissertation, Göteborg University.
7. Brown, G. & Yule, G. 1983. Discourse analysis. Cambridge: CUP.
8. Chafe, W. L. 1976. Givenness, contrastiveness, definiteness, subjects, topics, and point of view. In Subject and Topic, C. N. Li (ed.), 27-55. New York NY: Academic Press.
9. Chafe, W. L. 1982. Integration and involvement in speaking, writing, and oral literature. In Spoken and Written Language: Exploring Orality and Literacy, D. Tannen (ed.), 35-53. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corporation.
10. Chafe, W. L. & Danielewicz, J. 1987. Properties of spoken and written language. In Comprehending Oral and Written Language, R. Horowitz & S. J. Samuels (eds), 83-113. San Diego CA: Academic Press.
11. Collins, P. C. 1991. Cleft and Pseudo-cleft Constructions in English. London: Routledge.
12. Collins, P. C. 1994. Extraposition in English. Functions of Language 1(1): 7-24.
13. Connor, U. 1996. Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-cultural Aspects of Second Language Writing. Cambridge: CUP.
14. Francis, G. 1989. Thematic selection and distribution in written discourse. Word 40(1-2): 201-221.
15. Fries, P. H. 1992. The structuring of information in written English text. Language Sciences 14(4): 461-488.
16. Fries, P. H. 1995. Patterns of information in initial position in English. In Discourse in Society: Systemic Functional Perspectives. Meaning and Choice in Language: Studies for Michael Halliday, P. H. Fries & M. Gregory (eds), 47-66. Norwood NJ: Ablex.
17. Gómez-González, M. A. 2001. The Theme-Topic Interface: Evidence from English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
18. Granger, S. 1993. International Corpus of Learner English. In English Language Corpora: Design, Analysis and Exploitation. Papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora, Nijmegen. 1992, J. Aarts, P. de Haan & N. Oostdijk (eds), 57-69. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
19. Granger, S. 1994. The learner corpus: A revolution in applied linguistics. English Today 39(10:3): 25-32.
20. Granger, S. 1998a. The computer learner corpus: A versatile new source of data for SLA research. In Learner English on Computer, S. Granger (ed.), 3-18. London: Longman.
21. Granger, S. 1998b. Prefabricated patterns in advanced EFL writing: Collocations and formulae. In Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications, A. P. Cowie (ed.), 145-160. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
22. Grice, H. P. 1975. Logic and conversation. In Syntax and Semantics, Vol. 3: Speech Acts. P. Cole & J. L. Morgan (eds), 41-58. New York NY: Academic Press.
23. Halliday. M. A. K. 1967. Notes on transitivity and theme in English. Part 2. Journal of Linguistics 3: 199-244.
24. Halliday, M. A. K. 1994. An Introduction to Functional Grammar, 2nd edn. London: Arnold.
25. Halliday, M. A. K. 2004. An Introduction to Functional Grammar, 3rd edn, revised by C. M. I. M. Matthiessen. London: Arnold.
26. Halliday, M. A. K & Hasan, R. 1976. Cohesion in English. Harlow: Longman.
27. Herriman, J. 2000. The functions of extraposition in English texts. Functions of Language 7(2): 203-230.
28. Herriman, J. 2003. Negotiating identity: The interpersonal functions of wh-clefts in English. Functions of Language 10 (1): 1-30.
29. Herriman, J. 2005. Negotiating a position within heteroglossic diversity: Wh-clefts and it-clefts in written discourse. Word 56(2): 223-249.
30. Huddleston, R. & Pullum, G. K. 2002. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: CUP.
31. Hyland, K. & Milton, J. 1997. Qualification and certainty in L1 and L2 students' writing. Journal of Second Language Writing 6(2): 183-205.
32. Johansson, M. 1996. Contrastive data as a resource in the study of English clefts. In Languages in Contrast: Papers from a Symposium on Text-based Cross-linguistic Studies. Lund 4-5 March 1994, K. Aijmer, B. Altenberg & M. Johansson (eds), 127-150. Lund: Lund University Press.
33. Johansson, M. 2002. Clefts in English and Swedish: A Contrastive Study of IT-clefts and WHclefts in Original Texts and Translations. PhD dissertation, Lund University.
34. Jones, L. B. & Jones, L. K. 1985. Discourse functions of five English sentence types. Word 36 (1): 1-21.
35. Lorenz, G. 1998. Overstatement in advanced learners' writing: Stylistic aspects of adjective intensification. In Learner English on Computer, S. Granger (ed.), 53-66. London: Longman.
36. Mauranen, A. 1993. Cultural Differences in Academic Rhetoric: A Textlinguistic Study. Frankfurt: Lang.
37. McCabe, A. M. 1999. Theme and Thematic Patterns in Spanish and English History Texts. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Aston University.
38. Prince, E. F. 1981. Toward a taxonomy of given-new information. In Radical Pragmatics, P. Cole (ed.), 223-255. New York NY: Academic Press.
39. Ringbom, H. 1998. Vocabulary frequencies in advanced learner English: A cross-linguistic approach. In Learner English on Computer, S. Granger (ed.), 41-52. London: Longman.
40. Scott, M. 2004. WordSmith Tools version 4. Oxford: OUP.
41. Seppänen, A. 1987. On the syntax of seem and appear. Zeitschrift für Phonetik, Sprachwissenschaft and Kommunikationsforschung 40: 336-351.
42. Seppänen, A. & Herriman, J. 2002. Extraposed subjects vs. postverbal complements: On the so-called obligatory extraposition. Studia Neophilologica 74: 30-59.
43. Thompson, G. 1996. Introducing Functional Grammar. London: Arnold.
44. Virtanen, T. 1998. Direct questions in argumentative student writing. In Learner English on Computer, S. Granger (ed.), 94-106. London: Longman.
45. Weinert, R. 1995. The role of formulaic language in second language acquisition: A review. Applied Linguistics 16(2): 180-205.
46. White, P. R. R. 2003. Beyond modality and hedging: A dialogic view of the language of inter-subjective stance. Text 23(2): 259-284.
47. Wiktorsson, M. 2003. Learning Idiomaticity: A Corpus-based Study of Idiomatic Expressions in Learners' Written Production. Lund: Lund Studies in English.