This study concerns the text-organizing functions of the recurrent phrases face of it pragmatic meanings is related to grammaticalization theory. It is demonstrated that the two former phrases often occur in constructions where they are followed by a hedge and a refutation ( face of (e.g. Mark Davies are shown to be useful complements to the BNC. These corpora show that variant on the, on its face and in (the) face of. It is argued that the development of theon the face of it … this seems … But…). In (the)mainly organizes text through its connection with negative evaluationsin the face of opposition). The new Time and COCA corpora compiled byon its face is typical of American English, and that the article-lessin face of is rare, and possibly decreasing in use.
This study concerns the text-organizing functions of the recurrent phrases
face of it
pragmatic meanings is related to grammaticalization theory. It is demonstrated
that the two former phrases often occur in constructions where they are followed
by a hedge and a refutation (
face of
(e.g.
Mark Davies are shown to be useful complements to the BNC. These corpora
show that
variant