Using Corpora To Explore Linguistic Variation

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Using Corpora To Explore Linguistic Variation

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Author : Randi Reppen
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-01-01

Using Corpora To Explore Linguistic Variation written by Randi Reppen and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Many large-scale investigations of linguistic variation are unfeasible using traditional approaches. This volume is a collection of papers that illustrate the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation.

English Corpus Linguistics Variation In Time Space And Genre

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Author : Gisle Andersen
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2013

English Corpus Linguistics Variation In Time Space And Genre written by Gisle Andersen and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.

As its title suggests, this book is a selection of papers that use English corpora to study language variation along three dimensions – time, place and genre. In broad terms, the book aims to bridge the gap between corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics and to increase our knowledge of the characteristics of English language. It includes eleven papers which address a variety of research questions but with the commonality of a corpus-based methodology. Some of the contributions deal with language variation in time, either by looking into historical corpora of English or by adopting the method known as diachronic comparable corpus linguistics, thus illustrating how corpora can be used to illuminate either historical or recent developments of English. Other studies investigate variation in space by comparing different varieties of English, including some of the “New Englishes” such as the South Asian varieties of English. Finally, some of the papers deal with variation in genre, by looking into the use of language for specific purposes through the inspection of medical articles, social reports and academic writing.

Variation And Change In Spoken And Written Discourse

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Author : Julia Bamford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013

Variation And Change In Spoken And Written Discourse written by Julia Bamford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Academic writing categories.

The present diachronic study compares two large contemporary corpora of British quality newspapers with the aim of investigating the increased popularisation of newspaper register. The study focuses on those examples which are highlighted by a quantitative comparative overview of the two corpora based on a series of analyses using keyword and concordancing tools. Results show that a shift in presentation and style is indeed present, with an increased 'familiarisation' of language, in particular the use of spoken forms. Given the high keyness of these words, and their preference for direct speech, it was expected that this increase would be reflected in a similar increase in frequency of quotes. However, this was not found.

Corpus Analysis And Variation In Linguistics

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Author : Yuji Kawaguchi
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2009

Corpus Analysis And Variation In Linguistics written by Yuji Kawaguchi and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This new edition of TUFS Studies in Linguistics, we aim to showcase the various linguistics research conducted at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. In this first volume, we report on the international symposium hosted by the Global Center of Excellence Program "Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education (CbLLE)" throughout 2008.

Specialisation And Variation In Language Corpora

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Author : Ana Díaz Negrillo
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 2014

Specialisation And Variation In Language Corpora written by Ana Díaz Negrillo and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Computational linguistics categories.

This volume intends to give evidence of the extraordinary expansion corpus linguistics and language corpora have experienced over the past years. It focuses on emerging types of corpora and corpus techniques and presents corpus-based studies in areas which have benefited from recent develpments in corpus linguistics methods and techniques.

Linguistic Variation In The Shakespeare Corpus

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Author : Ulrich Busse
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-11-29

Linguistic Variation In The Shakespeare Corpus written by Ulrich Busse and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This study investigates the morpho-syntactic variability of the second person pronouns in the Shakespeare Corpus, seeking to elucidate the factors that underlie their choice. The major part of the work is devoted to analyzing the variation between you and thou, but it also includes chapters that deal with the variation between thy and thine and between ye and you. Methodologically, the study makes use of descriptive statistics, but incorporates both quantitative and qualitative features, drawing in particular on research methods recently developed within the fields of corpus linguistics, socio-historical linguistics and historical pragmatics. By making comparisons to other corpora on Early Modern English the work does not only contribute to Shakespeare studies, but on a broader scale also to language change by providing new and more detailed insights into the mechanisms that have led to a restructuring of the pronoun paradigm in the Early Modern period.

The Cambridge Handbook Of English Corpus Linguistics

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Author : Douglas Biber
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-25

The Cambridge Handbook Of English Corpus Linguistics written by Douglas Biber and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics (CHECL) surveys the breadth of corpus-based linguistic research on English, including chapters on collocations, phraseology, grammatical variation, historical change, and the description of registers and dialects. The most innovative aspects of the CHECL are its emphasis on critical discussion, its explicit evaluation of the state of the art in each sub-discipline, and the inclusion of empirical case studies. While each chapter includes a broad survey of previous research, the primary focus is on a detailed description of the most important corpus-based studies in this area, with discussion of what those studies found, and why they are important. Each chapter also includes a critical discussion of the corpus-based methods employed for research in this area, as well as an explicit summary of new findings and discoveries.

Grammatical Complexity In Academic English

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Author : Douglas Biber
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21

Grammatical Complexity In Academic English written by Douglas Biber and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Grammatical Complexity in Academic English uses corpus-based analyses to challenge a number of dominant stereotypes and assumptions within linguistics. Biber and Gray tackle the nature of grammatical complexity, demonstrating that embedded phrasal structures are as important as embedded dependent clauses. The authors also overturn ingrained assumptions about linguistic change, showing that grammatical change occurs in writing as well as speech. This work establishes that academic writing is structurally compressed (rather than elaborated); that it is often not explicit in the expression of meaning; and that scientific academic writing has been the locus of some of the most important grammatical changes in English over the past 200 years (rather than being conservative and resistant to change). Supported throughout with textual evidence, this work is essential reading for discourse analysts, sociolinguists, and applied linguists, as well as descriptive linguists and historical linguists.

Using Corpora In The Language Classroom

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Author : Randi Reppen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-22

Using Corpora In The Language Classroom written by Randi Reppen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-22 with Foreign Language Study categories.

Explains and illustrates how teachers can use corpora to create classroom materials and activities to address specific class needs. Using Corpora in the Language Classroom shows teachers how to use corpora and corpus tools to expand student learning. Together with its companion website, this teacher-friendly book demystifies corpus linguistics with clear explanations, instructions and examples. It provides the essential knowledge, tools, and skills teachers need to enable students to discover how language is really used. Clear and concise, this volume provides: -An overview of corpus linguistics -Clear explanations of terminology -Tasks and activities that invite readers to interact with the material -Principled instructions for creating classroom materials and activities, including how to create corpora to address specific class needs.

Corpus Linguistics And Sociolinguistics

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Author : Beke Hansen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-12-24

Corpus Linguistics And Sociolinguistics written by Beke Hansen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

In Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, Beke Hansen analyses variation and change in the modal systems of three second-language varieties of English in Asia by taking a sociolinguistic approach to corpus data. Her study focuses on the modal and semi-modal verbs of strong obligation and necessity in Hong Kong English, Indian English, and Singapore English based on the relevant ICE component corpora. She adopts a typologically-informed perspective on variation in World Englishes by comparing the structures of the speakers’ first languages with the structures of the emergent varieties in the expression of epistemic modality. Beyond this, she analyses language change by constructing apparent-time scenarios to compensate for the lack of diachronic corpora in World Englishes.