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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806846403321

Autore

Baker Paul <1972->

Titolo

Sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics / / Paul Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-62012-6

9786612620126

0-7486-3146-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh sociolinguistics

Disciplina

401.43

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Corpora (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Corpora and sociolinguistic variation; 3 Diachronic variation; 4 Synchronic variation; 5 Corpora and interpersonal communication; 6 Uncovering discourses; 7 Conclusion; References; Appendix; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook introduces students to the ways in which techniques from corpus linguistics can be used to aid sociolinguistic research. Corpus linguistics shares with variationist sociolinguistics a quantitative approach to the study of variation or differences between populations. It may also complement qualitative traditions of enquiry such as interactional sociolinguistics.This text covers a range of different topics within sociolinguistics:*Analysing demographic variation*Comparing language use across different cultures*Examining language change over time*Studying transcripts of spoken inte