32.1432, FYI: New Reference Work John Benjamins

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LINGUIST List: Vol-32-1432. Fri Apr 23 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.1432, FYI: New Reference Work John Benjamins

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:37:27
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: New Reference Work John Benjamins

 
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT: Newly published reference work

Grammar of Spoken and Written English

By Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward
Finegan

The completely redesigned Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a
comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar. GSWE describes the structural
characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference
grammars. But GSWE is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing
the patterns of language use for each grammatical feature, based on empirical
analyses of grammatical patterns in a 40-million-word corpus of spoken and
written registers.
Grammar-in-use is characterized by three inter-related kinds of information:
frequency of grammatical features in spoken and written registers, frequencies
of the most common lexico-grammatical patterns, and analysis of the discourse
factors influencing choices among related grammatical features. GSWE includes
over 350 tables and figures highlighting the results of corpus-based
investigations. Throughout the book, authentic examples illustrate all
research findings.
The empirical descriptions document the lexico-grammatical features that are
especially common in face-to-face-conversation compared to those that are
especially common in academic writing. Analyses of fiction and newspaper
articles are included as further benchmarks of language use. GSWE contains
over 6,000 authentic examples from these four registers, illustrating the
range of lexico-grammatical features in real-world speech and writing. In
addition, comparisons between British and American English reveal specific
regional differences.
Now completely redesigned and available in an electronic edition, the Grammar
of Spoken and Written English remains a unique and indispensable reference
work for researchers, language teachers, and students alike.

ISBN: 978 90 272 0796 8
E-ISBN: 978 90 272 6047 5
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax





 



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