[Corpora-List] Corpus-based research on social differentiation

[Rayson, Paul]

Hi Chris,

 

A slight correction: the reference to the paper I wrote with Geoff and Mary was mangled somehow. It should read:

 

Rayson, P. and Leech, G. and Hodges, M. (1997) Social differentiation in the use of English vocabulary: some analyses of the conversational component of the British National Corpus. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 2 (1). pp. 133-152

 

Also, the Leech and Fallon paper was based on a comparison of Brown and LOB rather than the BNC.

 

Regards,

Paul.

 

Dr. Paul Rayson

Director of UCREL

Computing Department, Infolab21, South Drive, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK.

Web: http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/paul/ <http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/paul/> 

Tel: +44 1524 510357 Fax: +44 1524 510492

 

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Subject: [Corpora-List] Corpus-based research on social differentiation

 

Dear all,

 

Is anyone aware of any corpus-based research on social differentiation in the use of language? I am aware of the following studies, which are based on either COLT or the BNC:

 

*COLT*:

Andersen, G. (2001) Pragmatic Markers and Sociolinguistic Variation. A Relevance-Theoretic Approach to the Language of Adolescents. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

 

Stenström, Anna-Brita, Gisle Andersen and I. Kristine Hasund. 2002. Trends in teenage talk. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

 

*BNC*:

Rayson, P., G. Leech and M. Hodges (1997) 'Social differentiation in the use of English vocabulary: some analyses of the conversational component of the British National Corpus'. Language 50(4): 696-735.

 

Leech, G. and Fallon, R. 1992. Computer corpora - what do they tell us about culture? ICAME Journal 16: 29-50 

 

Reid, J. (1995). 'A study of gender differences in minimal responses.' Journal of Pragmatics 24: 489-512

 

Schmid, H. J. (2003) 'Do women and men really live in different cultures? Evidence from the BNC'. In Wilson, A., P. Rayson and T. McEnery (eds) Corpus Linguistics by the Lune. A Festschrift for Geoffrey Leech. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 185-221. 

 

Rühlemann. Christoph. 2007. Conversation in context: A corpus-driven approach. London: Continuum. 

 

 

Does anyone know of any other such corpus-based sociolinguistic studies?

 

Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

Chris

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