Pattern grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. A Short History of Patterns; Chapter 2. What a pattern is; Chapter 3. Problems in identifying patterns; Chapter 4. Patterns and Meaning; Chapter 5. More on pattern and meaning; Chapter 6. Pattern and structure; Chapter 7. Word class and pattern; Chapter 8. Text and Pattern; Chapter 9. Summing Up; References; Appendix; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary
This book describes an approach to lexis and grammar based on the concept of phraseology and of language patterning arising from work on large corpora. The notion of 'pattern' as a systematic way of dealing with the interface between lexis and grammar was used in Collins Cobuild English Dictionary (1995) and in the two books in the Collins Cobuild Grammar Patterns series (1996; 1998). This volume describes the research that led to these publications, and explores the theoretical and practical implications of the research. The first chapter sets the work in the context of work on phraseology. T
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index
