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Date: 07-Nov-2006
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Dimensions of Register Variation: Biber
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:01:18
From: Joyce Reid < jreid at cup.org >
Subject: Dimensions of Register Variation: Biber
Title: Dimensions of Register Variation
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison
Publication Year: 2006
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://us.cambridge.org
Author: Douglas Biber
Paperback: ISBN: 0521024110 Pages: 446 Price: U.S. $ 60.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521024110 Pages: 446 Price: U.K. £ 35.00
Abstract:
Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology
reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP
1988). In Dimensions of Register Variation he gives a linguistic analysis
of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae
Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali. Using the multi-dimensional analytical
framework employed in his earlier work, Biber carries out a principled
comparison of both synchronic and diachronic patterns of variation across
the four languages. Striking similarities as well as differences emerge,
allowing Biber to predict for the first time cross-linguistic universals of
register variation. This major new work will provide the foundation for the
further investigation of cross-linguistic universals governing the pattern
of discourse variation across registers, and will be of wide interest to
any scholar interested in style, register and literacy.
Acknowledgments;
1. Introduction;
2. The comprehensive analysis of register variation;
3. Sociocultural description of the four language situations;
4. The linguistic bases of cross-linguistic register comparisons: a
detailed quantitative comparison of English and Somali registers.
5. Methodology;
6. Multi-dimensional analyses of the four languages;
7. Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: synchronic similarities
and differences;
8. Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: diachronic similarities
and differences;
9. Registers and text types in English and Somali;
10. Towards cross-linguistic universals of register variation;
Appendices;
Notes;
References;
Index.
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Korean (kor)
Somali (som)
Written In: English (eng)
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