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1 online resource |
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Language and computers, 0921-5034 ; no. 77 |
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Language and computers ; no. 77. 0921-5034
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; New developments in corpus linguistics and the study of language variation and change Kristin Bech and Gisle Andersen; Variation in time: Corpus studies in the history of English; Writing the corpus-based history of spoken English: The elusive pastof a cleft construction; Discourse communities and their writing styles: A case study ofRobert Boyle; The diphthongisation of ME ū: The spelling evidence; Variation in space: Corpus studies of contemporary features of English |
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Verb complementation in South Asian English(es): The range andfrequency of ""new"" ditransitivesFunctional variation in the English present perfect: A cross-varietalstudy; Gender, culture and language: Evidence from language corpora about the development of cultural differences between English-speaking countries; Clause-final man in Tyneside English; They have published a new cultural policy that just come out: Competing forms in spoken and written New Englishes; Variation in genre: Corpus studies of English for SpecificPurposes |
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Exploring the dialogism of academic discourse: HeteroglossicEngagement in medical research articlesTexturing a responsible corporate identity: A comparative analysis of Appraisal in BP's and IKEA's 2009 corporate social reports; How specific is English for Academic Purposes? A look at verbs in business, linguistics and medical research articles |
| Summary |
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 |
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International conference proceedings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Data processing -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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English language -- Data processing
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Andersen, Gisle.
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Bech, Kristin
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International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora (32nd : 2013 : Oslo, Norway)
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| ISBN |
9789401209403 |
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9401209405 |
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