Studies in corpus-based sociolinguistics / edited by Eric Friginal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friginal, Eric, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics--Research.

Sociolinguistics.

Linguistics--Research.

Linguistics.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics illustrates how sociolinguistic approaches and linguistic distributions from corpora can be effectively combined to produce meaningful studies of language use and language variation. Three major parts comprise the volume focusing on: (1) Corpora the Study of Languages and Dialects, in particular, varieties of global Englishes; (2) Corpora and Social Demographics; and (3) Corpora and Register Characteristics. The 14 peer-reviewed, new, and original chapters explore language variation related to regional dialectology, gender, sexuality, age, race, "nation," workplace discourse, diachronic change, and social media and web registers. Invited contributors made use of systematically-designed general and specialized corpora, sound research questions, methodologies (e.g., keyword analysis, multi-dimensional analysis, clusters, and collocations), and logical/credible interpretive techniques. Studies in Corpus-Based Sociolinguistics is an important resource for researchers and graduate students in the fields of sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and applied linguistics. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Corpus Approaches to Sociolinguistics: Introduction and Chapter Overviews / Eric Friginal Friginal, Eric, Mackenzie Bristow Bristow, Mackenzie 1

Part 1 Corpora and the Study of Languages/Dialects (Varieties of Global Englishes) 17

2 Using Large Online Corpora to Examine Lexical, Semantic, and Cultural Variation in Different Dialects and Time Periods / Mark Davies Davies, Mark 19

3 Using Corpus-Based Analysis to Study Register and Dialect Variation on the Searchable Web / Douglas Biber Biber, Douglas, Jesse Egbert Egbert, Jesse, Meixiu Zhang Zhang, Meixiu 83

4 Variation in Global English: A Collocation-Based Analysis / Tony Berber Sardinha Sardinha, Tony Berber 112

5 Indian English: A Pedagogical Model (Even) in India? / Chandrika Balasubramanian Balasubramanian, Chandrika 136

Part 2 Corpora and Social Demographics 155

6 Sexuality / Paul Baker Baker, Paul 157

7 A Corpus-Based Analysis of the Pragmatic Marker You Get Me / Eivind Torgersen Torgersen, Eivind, Castas Gabrielatos Gabrielatos, Castas, Sebastian Hoffmann Hoffmann, Sebastian 176

8 Just and Actually at Work in New Zealand / Bernadette Vine Vine, Bernadette 197

9 Exploring the Intersection of Gender and Race in Evaluations of Mathematics Instructors on RateMyProfessors.com / Nicholas Close Subtirelu Subtirelu, Nicholas Close 219

10 Attitudes Toward Autism of Parents Raising Autistic Children: Evidence from "Mom" and "Dad" Blogs / A. Cameron Coppola Coppola, A. Cameron, Jack A. Hardy Hardy, Jack A. 236

11 Social Functional Linguistic Variation in Conversational Dutch / Jack Grieve Grieve, Jack, Tom Ruette Ruette, Tom, Dirk Speelman Speelman, Dirk, Dirk Geeraerts Geeraerts, Dirk 253

Part 3 Corpora and Register Characteristics 273

12 Corpus-Driven Investigation of Corporate Governance Reports / Martin Warren Warren, Martin 275

13 Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Representations of the "Underclass" in the English-Language Press: Who are they, how do they behave, and who is to blame for them? / Jane H. Johnson Johnson, Jane H., Alan Partington Partington, Alan 293

14 "Had Enough of Experts": Intersubjectivity and the Quoted Voice in Microblogging / Michele Zappavigna Zappavigna, Michele 319

15 Linguistic Variation in Facebook and Twitter posts / Eric Friginal Friginal, Eric, Oksana Waugh Waugh, Oksana, Ashley Titak Titak, Ashley 342.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138694613

1138694614

9781138694644

1138694649

OCLC:

975371847