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Author Neumann, Stella, 1968- author.

Title Contrastive register variation : a quantitative approach to the comparison of English and German / Stella Neumann
Published Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 361 pages) : illustrations
Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 251
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 251.
Contents Acknowledgements; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1 The concept of variation in linguistics; 2 Goal of the study; 3 Methodology for the investigation of variation; 4 Organisation of the study; Part 1: Theoretical foundations; Chapter 2. State of the art; 1 Texts: a view on text linguistics; 2 Register: situating texts in the language system; 3 Variation: comparing linguistic systems; 3.1 Contrastive linguistics -; 3.2 Lexico-grammatical variation across languages -; 3.3 Register variation across languages
4 Translation: influences from language mediation4.1 Register analysis in translation studies -; 4.2 Translation properties -; 5 Envoi; Chapter 3. On empirical methods in linguistics; 1 Conceptual and methodological links between linguistics and social sciences; 2 Empirical methods; 2.1 Qualitative and quantitative approaches; 2.2 From abstract concepts to observable features; 3 Quality criteria for empirical research; 4 Limits of cross-linguistic empirical research; 5 Summary; Chapter 4. Indicators of register classification; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain
1.2 Goal orientation2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Agentive roles; 2.2 Social role relationship; 2.3 Social distance; 2.4 Appraisal; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Channel; 3.3 Medium; 4 Summary; Part 2: Empirical analysis; Chapter 5. Research design; 1 The corpus; 1.1 Design; 1.2 Enrichment; 2 Exploiting the corpus; 2.1 Query tools; 2.2 Statistics; 3 Corpus contrasts; 3.1 Overview of the contrasts; 3.2 Relative register values; 4 Hypotheses; 4.1 Language-internal variation in originals; 4.2 Cross-linguistic variation in originals; 4.3 Variation between originals and translations
5 SummaryChapter 6. English intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 7. German intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 8. Cross-linguistic register comparison; 1 Field of discourse
1.1 Experiential domain1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 9. Variation between originals and translations; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 10. Insights on register variation; 1 Variation in the CroCo registers; 1.1 Variation in the English registers
Summary The book provides the first comparison of usage preferences across registers in the language pair English-German. Due to the innovative quantitative approach and broad coverage, the volume is an excellent resource for scholars working in contrastive linguistics and translation studies as well as for corpus linguists
Analysis (Produktform)Electronic book text
(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ Wissenschaft
(BISAC Subject Heading)LAN009000
EBK: eBook
(VLB-WN)9561
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Deutsch, ... gnd
Subject Register (Linguistics)
Contrastive linguistics.
Language and languages -- Variation.
German language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German
Corpora (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Contrastive linguistics
Corpora (Linguistics)
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German
German language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
Language and languages -- Variation
Register (Linguistics)
Englisch
Register Linguistik
Sprachvariante
Kontrastive Linguistik
Korpus Linguistik
Form Electronic book
ISBN 3110238594
9783110238594
1306428955
9781306428958