14.120, Books: Corpus Ling: Reppen, Fitzmaurice, Biber (eds.)

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Subject: 14.120, Books: Corpus Ling: Reppen, Fitzmaurice, Biber (eds.)

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Date:  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:07:41 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation

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Date:  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:07:41 +0000
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation

Title: Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation
Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 9

Publication Year: 2002
Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl		

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL_9

Editor: Randi  Reppen, Northern Arizona University
Editor: Susan M. Fitzmaurice, Northern Arizona University
Editor: Douglas  Biber, Northern Arizona University

Hardback: ISBN: 1588112837, Pages: xii, 275 pp., Price: USD 95.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027222797, Pages: xii, 275 pp., Price: EUR 95.00

Abstract:

Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in
which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based
investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered:
variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation
across dialects or registers. Part 1: Exploring variation in the use
of linguistic features focuses on the study of specific words,
expressions, or grammatical constructions, to study variation in the
use of a particular linguistic feature. Part 2: Exploring dialect and
register variation describes salient characteristics of dialects or
registers and the patterns of variation across varieties. Part 3:
Exploring Historical Variation applies these same two major
perspectives to historical variation. One recurring theme is the
extent to which linguistic variation depends on register differences,
reflecting the importance of register as a key methodological and
thematic concern in current corpus linguistic research.

Table of Contents

Introduction  vii-xi
Part I: Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features  1
Cross-disciplinary comparisons of hedging: Some findings from the
 Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English
     Deanna Poos and Rita Simpson  3-23
Would as a hedging device in an Irish context: An intra-varietal
 comparison of institutionalised spoken interaction
     Fiona Farr and Anne O'Keeffe  25-48
Good listenership made plain: British and American non-minimal
 response tokens in everyday conversation
     Michael McCarthy  49-71
Variation in the distribution of modal verbs in the British National
 Corpus
     Graeme Kennedy  73-90
Strong modality and negation in Russian
     Ferdinand de Haan  91-110
Formulaic language in English academic writing: A corpus-based study
 of the formal and functional variation of a lexical phrase in
 different academic disciplines
     David Oakey  111-130
Lexical bundles in Freshman composition
     Viviana Cortes  131-145
Pseudo-Titles in the press genre of various components of the
 International Corpus of English
     Charles F. Meyer  147-166
Pattern grammar, language teaching, and linguistic variation:
 Applications of a corpus-driven grammar
     Susan Hunston  167-183
Part II: Exploring dialect or register variation  185
Syntactic features of Indian English: An examination of written Indian
 English
     Chandrika K. Rogers  187-202
Variation in academic lectures: Interactivity and level of instruction
     Enikó Csomay  203-224
Part III: Exploring historical variation  225
The textual resolution of structural ambiguity in eighteenth-century
 English: A corpus linguistic study of patterns of negation
     Susan M. Fitzmaurice  227-247
Investigating register variation in nineteenth-century English: A
 multi-dimensional comparison
     Christer Geisler  249-271
Index  273

Lingfield(s):   Computational Linguistics
		Dialectology (Sociolinguistics)
		Pragmatics
		Sociolinguistics

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)

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