Relational clauses in English technical discourse
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Pragmatics 11:4.379-400 (2001) International Pragmatics Association RELATIONAL CLAUSES IN ENGLISH TECHNICAL DISCOURSE: PATTERNS OF VERB CHOICE
This paper reports on patterns of verb choice in identifying relational clauses (e.g. ‘X is Y, Y is X’) in English technical manuals. While it is obvious that specific lexical verbs will feature in identifying clauses of different functions, e.g. mean (defining), call (naming), exemplify (exemplifying), less transparent is the distribution of these more specific verbs and the general or neutral...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pragmatics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1018-2101,2406-4238
DOI: 10.1075/prag.11.4.02har