Variation and change in spoken and written discourse : perspectives from corpus linguistics / edited by Julia Bamford, Università di Napoli "L'Orientale" ; Silvia Cavalieri, Università di Milano ; Giuliana Diani, Universitià di Modena e Reggio Emilia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bamford, Julia.

Cavalieri, Silvia.

Diani, Giuliana.

Series:

Dialogue studies ; v. 21.

Dialogue studies (DS), 1875-1792 ; volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Academic writing.

Interpersonal communication.

Linguistic change.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present diachronic study compares two large contemporary corpora of British quality newspapers with the aim of investigating the increased popularisation of newspaper register. The study focuses on those examples which are highlighted by a quantitative comparative overview of the two corpora based on a series of analyses using keyword and concordancing tools. Results show that a shift in presentation and style is indeed present, with an increased 'familiarisation' of language, in particular the use of spoken forms. Given the high keyness of these words, and their preference for direct speech, it was expected that this increase would be reflected in a similar increase in frequency of quotes. However, this was not found.

Contents:

part I. Corpus analysis of spoken dialogue

part II. Using corpora to analyse written discourse : a diachronic perspective.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027271211

9027271216

OCLC:

867630843