Patterns of Lexis in Text

Describing English Language

by Various

Passages of authentic text are analysed to demonstrate the operations of patterns of lexis across sentence boundaries and over considerable distances within and between texts. These insights are related to a comprehensive theory of language, in which 'lexis' and 'text' are shown to be important levels of language organization. Implications for the teaching of reading and writing are also discussed. First Prize English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition

276 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1991

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Reviews

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a revision of, and in some ways a reversal, of functional theories of cohesion, Hoey points out that the role of grammatical cohesion is less significant than lexical cohesion in a text. He then goes on to demonstrate this throughout the book. What makes this such a great piece of work, however, is how the role of lexis is consequently re-evaluated within a wider view of language.
It makes me very sad, however, to find out that this, and Sinclair's equally brilliant "Corpus Concordance and Collocation" in the same series, are no longer in print (and have been so for a long time). Makes you wonder why anyone would believe that larger publishers such as Oxford are really at al interested in functional theories of language.