Dynamics of Linguistic Variation
Corpus evidence on English past and present
Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the 'life cycle' of linguistic variability in English using data sources that range from electronic corpora to the internet. In the spirit of the 1968 Weinreich, Labov and Herzog classic, the fifteen contributions divide into three sections, each highlighting different stages in the dynamics of English across time and space. They show, first, how increase in variability can be initiated by processes that give rise to new patterns of discourse, which can ultimately crystallize into new grammatical elements. The next phase is the spread of linguistic features and patte…
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- ISBN: 978-90-272-9038-0
- EAN: 9789027290380
- Produktnummer: 22560206
- Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 348 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'497 KB
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