"Men of Fact and Calculations. Quantifiers and worlds of reference in economics textbooks"

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Publication Date:
1998
Short description:
"Men of Fact and Calculations. Quantifiers and worlds of reference in economics textbooks" / Bondi, M. - In: British / American Variation in Language, Theory and Methodology / C.TAYLOR TORSELLO; 1. "MEN OF FACT AND CALCUL.HAARMAN; L.GAVIOLI. - STAMPA. - BOLOGNA : CLUEB, 1998. - ISBN 8849110529. - pp. 73-87
abstract:
The study highlights how combined use of vague quantifiers and hypotheticality markers can be studied by comparing corpora of economics texts. Comparison of American and Birish textbooks reveals more convergences than divergences, reflecting both different apporaches to economics and a common approach to its teaching.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
Quantifiers, Business discourse
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Handle:
https://iris.unimore.it/handle/11380/460906
Book title:
British / American Variation in Language, Theory and Methodology