Sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics / Paul Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Paul, 1972-

Series:

Edinburgh sociolinguistics.

Edinburgh sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This textbook introduces students to the ways in which techniques from corpus linguistics can be used to aid sociolinguistic research. Corpus linguistics shares with variationist sociolinguistics a quantitative approach to the study of variation or differences between populations. It may also complement qualitative traditions of enquiry such as interactional sociolinguistics.This text covers a range of different topics within sociolinguistics:*Analysing demographic variation*Comparing language use across different cultures*Examining language change over time*Studying transcripts of spoken inte

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Corpora and sociolinguistic variation; 3 Diachronic variation; 4 Synchronic variation; 5 Corpora and interpersonal communication; 6 Uncovering discourses; 7 Conclusion; References; Appendix; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-168) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-62012-6

9786612620126

0-7486-3146-1

OCLC:

638860062