Expressions of Future in Present-day English: A Corpus-based Approach (Studia Anglistica Upsaliensia)

Abstract
List of papers
Contents
List of tables and figures
	Tables
	Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
	1.1 Aim and scope
	1.2 Expressions of future dealt with in the present study
	1.3 Identifying the expressions of future
	1.4 Corpora examined
	1.5 Tools and methods
	1.6 Plan of the thesis
2. Previous research on expressions of future in English
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Is there a future tense in English?
	2.3 By what linguistic means is futurity expressed in English?
	2.4 How have the expressions of future and their use developed over time?
	2.5 What is the meaning of the expressions of future used in English?
		2.5.1 Tense symbolisation: Reichenbach and Close
		2.5.2 Speaker’s perspective
		2.5.3 Distance in time/relation to present time
		2.5.4 Will vs. going to: “elliptical” uses
	2.6 Concluding remarks
3. Corpus linguistics as an analytical
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Corpus
		3.2.1 ‘Corpus’ definitions
		3.2.2 Annotation, markup, encoding
		3.2.3 Specific issues related to the use of spoken data
		3.2.4 Summary: corpus
	3.3 Language use
	3.4 Choice of texts
		3.4.1 Corpora used
		3.4.2 Corpus comparability
	3.5 Methods of data retrieval and analysis
		3.5.1 Data retrieval
		3.5.2 Tools used
		3.5.3 Analysis
		3.5.4 Identifying systematic variation
	3.6 Summary
4. Medium
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Overall frequencies and proportions
	4.3 Quoted context in writing
		4.3.1 Subset 1: Text categories A and K in LOB and FLOB
		4.3.2 Subset 2: Going to in four written corpora
		4.3.3 Subset 3: Gonna and going to in the BNC
		4.3.4 Conclusions regarding quoted/non-quoted contexts
	4.4 Summary
5. Text category
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Written corpora
		5.2.1 Overall frequency of expressions of future
		5.2.2 Overall proportions of expressions of future
		5.2.3 Comparison of hyper-categories
		5.2.4 Gonna and going to across text categories in the BNC
		5.2.5 Summary: variation in written corpora
	5.3 Spoken corpora
		5.3.1 Expressions of future in the CG and DS components
		5.3.2 Summary: variation in spoken corpora
	5.4 Summary
6. Speaker properties
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Speakers’ sex
	6.3 Speakers’ age
	6.4 Speakers’ social class
	6.5 Speakers’ education
	6.6 Multiple variables
	6.7 Summary
7. Region
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Variation between British, American, and Indian English
		7.2.1 Will
		7.2.2 ’ll
		7.2.3 Shall
		7.2.4 Going to
		7.2.5 Gonna
	7.3 Variation within national varieties of English
	7.4 Summary
8. Time
	8.1 Introduction
		8.1.1 Press texts
		8.1.2 LOB vs. FLOB
	8.2 Concluding remarks
9. Linguistic association patterns
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 Collocation with word-classes
		9.2.1 Collocations with infinitives
		9.2.2 Collocations with personal pronouns
		9.2.3 Personal pronouns as subjects
		9.2.4 Collocations with nouns
	9.3 Going to and gonna
	9.4 Summary
10. Summary and conclusions
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Association patterns
		10.2.1 Will
		10.2.2 ’ll
		10.2.3 Shall
		10.2.4 Going to
		10.2.5 Gonna
	10.3 Analytical framework
		10.3.1 Language use
		10.3.2 Choice of text
		10.3.3 Methods of data retrieval and analysis
	10.4 Concluding remarks
References
Appendix A: Abstracts of Studies I – V
Appendix B. Tables with raw frequencies