31.2045, Books: Variation in English Worldwide: Bohmann

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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:49:59
From: Dan Iredale [diredale at cambridge.org]
Subject: Variation in English Worldwide: Bohmann

 


Title: Variation in English Worldwide 
Subtitle: Registers and Global Varieties 
Series Title: Studies in English Language  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/english-language-and-linguistics-general-interest/variation-english-worldwide-registers-and-global-varieties?format=HB 


Author: Axel Bohmann

Electronic: ISBN:  9781108621212 Pages: 182 Price: U.S. $ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108485456 Pages: 182 Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108485456 Pages: 182 Price: U.K. £ 85.00


Abstract:

World Englishes is one of the most active fields of present day linguistic
research. This book provides a comprehensive overview of variation in English
across the globe, by analysing a large corpus of texts from the English
speaking world. The analysis draws on a larger number of individual texts and
linguistic features than previous studies have done. It includes a systematic
comparison of the influence of register and national variety on variation in
English world-wide, and explores patterns of variation in both qualitative and
quantitative terms. The results provide a testing ground for theoretical
models, and highlight the importance of register in mediating linguistic
differences across national varieties.

1. Introduction
2. The world of English: variation in geography and register
3. Quantifying linguistic variation
4. The space of variation in the present study
5. General situational dimensions of variation
6. Register-specific dimensions
7. Dimensions with other patterns of distribution
8. Discussion: feature space and geographic space
9. Conclusion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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