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Using corpora to explore linguistic variation /

Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered: variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation across dialects or registe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Reppen, Randi, Fitzmaurice, Susan M., Biber, Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002.
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 9.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Part I Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features; Chapter 1 Cross-disciplinary comparisons of hedging; Chapter 2 Would as a hedging device in an Irish context; Chapter 3 Good listenership made plain; Chapter 4 Variation in the distribution of modal verbs in the British National Corpus; Chapter 5 Strong modality and negation in Russian; Chapter 6 Formulaic language in English academic writing; Chapter 7 Lexical bundles in Freshman composition.