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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2008.
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| Series: | Studies in language variation ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 ph. |
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| Item Description: | This volume consists of a selection of articles based on papers presented at the 27th Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Helsinki in May 2006. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027290380 9027290385 9781282104600 1282104608 9786612104602 6612104600 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9592 ; |