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...
| Автор-организации: | International ICAME Conference |
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| Други автори: | Nevalainen, Terttu. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
Studies in language variation ;
v. 2. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253652 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Dynamics of linguistic variation. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Описание на библ. документ: |
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. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 339 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027290380 9027290385 |
| ISSN: |
1872-9592 ; |