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Varieties of English in writing : the written word as linguistic evidence /
This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 41. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents. The vernacular styles found in written documents and the use of these as a window on earlier spoken modes of different variet. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 378 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027287786 9027287783 1282895761 9781282895768 |