Sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics [[electronic resource] /] / Paul Baker

• Autore: Baker Paul <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 401.43
• Soggetto topico: Sociolinguistics; Corpora (Linguistics)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics
• ISBN: 1-282-62012-6; 9786612620126; 0-7486-3146-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458244703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edinburgh sociolinguistics.