Title Comparative variation analysis : grammatical alternations in world Englishes / Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, KU Leuven ; Jason Grafmiller, University of Birmingham

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in language variation and change Studies in language variation and change. Contents List of figures -- List of tables -- Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgments -- Data availability statement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammatical and syntactic variation -- 3. World Englishes and dialect typology -- 4. The data -- 5. Alternation-by-alternation analysis -- 6. Distances, similarities, and coherence -- 7. Experimental corroboration -- 8. Where are we now, and where to next? -- References -- Index Summary "Taking an interdisciplinary stance, this pioneering book shows what we can learn about the grammatical choices that people make based on both observational and experimental data. It conducts detailed state-of-the-art analyses, and discusses the findings within the context of current theoretical models of grammatical variation in World Englishes"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed on September 13, 2023) Subject English language -- Variation. English language -- Syntax. English language -- Foreign countries. English language -- Data processing. English language -- Data processing English language -- Foreign countries English language -- Syntax English language -- Variation Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Grafmiller, Jason, author. ISBN 9781108863742 1108863744

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