This book brings together a number of empirical studies that use corpora to study discourse patterns in speech and writing. It explores new trends in the area o

Patterns in Languageaddresses the real needs of students in modular systems who may not have a background either in traditional literature or in linguistic theo

Despite its importance for language and cognition, the theoretical concept of »pattern« has received little attention in linguistics so far. The articles in t

It is increasingly clear that, in order to understand language as a phenomenon, we must understand the phenomenon of text. Our primary experience of language co

In addition to the approaches and methods covered in the first edition, this edition includes new chapters, such as whole language, multiple intelligences, neur