The 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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2008.
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Colección: | Studies in language variation ;
v. 2. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Exploring the dynamics of linguistic variation through public and private corpora; Part I. Creating discourse; Part I. Introduction; "And so now ... ": The grammaticalisation and (inter)subjectification of now; Self-repetition in spoken English discourse; Modal adverbs in interaction
- obviously and definitely in adolescent speech; Pressing -ing into service: I don't want you coming around here any more; Part II. Moving across varieties; Part II. Introduction.