Choice in Language - Applications in Text Analysis - Gerard O'Grady

Choice in Language - Applications in Text Analysis - Gerard O'Grady

4 The use of grammatical metaphor in French political tracts

Choice in Language - Applications in Text Analysis - Gerard O'Grady

David Banks [+-]
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (Brest)
David Banks is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, where he was formerly chairman of the English Department, director of ERLA (Equipe de Recherché en Linguistique Appliquée), and director of the Masters programme in Translation and Technical Writing.. He is also a former chairman of AFLSF (Association Française de la Linguistique Systémique Fonctionnelle). He has published over 90 academic articles, and authored or edited over 20 books. His publication, The Development of Scientific Writing, Linguistic features and historical context (Equinox 2008), won the ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) 2010 Language and Linguistics Book Award. His current research interests include the linguistic analysis of scientific text, and its emergence in English and French in the late seventeenth century, and the application of SFL (Systemic Functional Linguistics) to English and French.

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This chapter looks at the use of grammatical metaphor phenomenon in French, and more precisely, it considers how it is used in the peculiarly French genre of the political tract.

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Banks, David . 4 The use of grammatical metaphor in French political tracts. Choice in Language - Applications in Text Analysis. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 111-124 Jul 2013. ISBN 9781908049551. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=21925. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.21925. Jul 2013

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