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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812803703321

Titolo

Using corpora to explore linguistic variation / / edited by Randi Reppen, Susan M. Fitzmaurice, Douglas Biber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2002

ISBN

1-282-16093-1

9786612160936

90-272-9616-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages)

Collana

Studies in corpus linguistics, , 1388-0373 ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

ReppenRandi

FitzmauriceSusan M

BiberDouglas

Disciplina

410/.285

Soggetti

Language and languages - Variation - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Part I Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features -- Chapter 1 Cross-disciplinary comparisons of hedging -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Would as a hedging device in an Irish context -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Good listenership made plain -- Transcription conventions -- References -- Chapter 4 Variation in the distribution of modal verbs in the British National Corpus -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5 Strong modality and negation in Russian -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Formulaic language in English academic writing -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Lexical bundles in Freshman composition -- References -- Chapter 8 Pseudo-Titles in the press genre of various components of the International Corpus of English -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 Pattern grammar, language teaching, and linguistic variation -- Notes -- References -- Part II Exploring dialect or register variation -- Chapter 10 Syntactic features of Indian English -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Variation in academic lectures -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Part III Exploring historical variation -- Chapter 12 The textual



resolution of structural ambiguity in eighteenth-century English -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 13 Investigating register variation in nineteenth-century English -- Note -- References -- Index -- The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS (SCL).

Sommario/riassunto

Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered: variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation across dialects or registers. Part 1: "Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features" focuses on the study of specific words, expressions, or grammatical constructions, to study variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature. Part 2: "Exploring dialect and register variation" describes salient characteristics of dialects or registers and the patterns of variation across varieties. Part 3: "Exploring Historical Variation" applies these same two major perspectives to historical variation. One recurring theme is the extent to which linguistic variation depends on register differences, reflecting the importance of register as a key methodological and thematic concern in current corpus linguistic research.