17.2342, Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Biber

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Date: 14-Aug-2006
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: University Language: Biber 

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Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:02:13
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: University Language: Biber 

Title: University Language 
Subtitle: A corpus-based study of spoken and written registers 
Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 23  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL%2023 

Author: Douglas Biber, Northern Arizona University

Hardback: ISBN: 9027222959 Pages: 261 Price: U.S. $ 114.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027222959 Pages: 261 Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9027222967 Pages: 261 Price: U.S. $ 42.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9027222967 Pages: 261 Price: Europe EURO 36.00

Abstract:

University students must cope with a bewildering array of registers, not
only to learn academic content, but also to understand course expectations
and requirements. While many previous studies have investigated academic
writing, we know comparatively little about academic speech; and no
linguistic study to date has investigated the range of academic and
advising/management registers that students encounter. This book is a first
step towards filling this gap. 

Based on analysis of the T2K-SWAL Corpus, the book describes university
registers from several different perspectives, including: vocabulary
patterns; the use of lexico-grammatical and syntactic features; the
expression of stance; the use of extended collocations ('lexical bundles');
and a Multi-Dimensional analysis of the overall patterns of register
variation. All linguistic patterns are interpreted in functional terms,
resulting in an overall characterization of the typical kinds of language
that students encounter in university registers: academic and non-academic;
spoken and written. 

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction  1-22  
Chapter 2. The Spoken and Written Academic Language (SWAL) Corpus  23-31  
Chapter 3. Vocabulary use in classroom teaching and textbooks  33-46  
Chapter 4. Grammatical Variation among University Registers  47-86  
Chapter 5. The expression of stance in university registers  87-131  
Chapter 6. Lexical bundles in university teaching and textbooks  133-175  
Chapter 7. Multi-dimensional patterns of variation among university
registers  177-212  
Chapter 8. Synthesis and future directions  213-228  
References  229-239  
Appendices  241-257  
Index  259-261 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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