The theory and practice of oral proclamation 1 1.0 Introduction: Do we need another “criticism” in biblical studies? 1 1.1 Survey of the field of “performance criticism”-theory and practice 4 1.1.1 Some assumptions of “performance criticism”: 4 1.1.2 Some applications of PC: 24 1.1.3 Some assessments of PC: 32 1.1.4 Some aspects of “performative analysis”: 48 1.2 Conclusion: On the need to distinguish “performance” from “proclamation” 53 2. Whatever words we use to talk about these expressions, it is clear they are a key part of the writing process, and it is impossible for a writer to be fluent without a thorough knowledge of the phraseology of the particular field he or she is writing in. ‘in the phraseology of diplomatic circles’). The notion comes instead from recent research in discourse analysis (Moon 1998a and 1998b) and happens to correspond to the everyday use of the term in English to denote skilful mastery of linguistic formulations (e.g. My use of the term differs from lexicologists such as Dobrovol’skij (1992) and Howarth (1998). These expressions are all related in phraseology, roughly defined here as ‘the preferred way of saying things in a particular discourse’ (a formula adapted from Kennedy 1984). Others are turns of phrase made up of words that commonly occur in many combinations (‘of course’, ‘so be it’, ‘as a matter of fact’). Some collocations involve words which seldom occur in other combinations (for example: ‘auburn hair’, ‘rancid butter’, ‘ups and downs’). Collocation is a process by which words combine into larger chunks of expression. While many features of language have been identified in scientific texts, I examine one phenomenon in particular: collocation. The method is to describe scientific research articles on the basis of a computer-held text archive (a corpus).
The aim of this book is to explore the language of science writing.
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