English corpus linguistics : variation in time, space and genre : selected papers from ICAME 32 / edited by Gisle Andersen and Kristin Bech.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

International Computer Archive of Modern English.

Andersen, Gisle.

Bech, Kristin.

Conference Name:

International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora (32 : 2013 : Oslo, Norway)

International Conference on English Language Research on Computerized Corpora

Series:

Language and Computers 77.

Language and computers, 0921-5034 ; no. 77

Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; no 77

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Data processing--Congresses.

English language.

English language--Data processing.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; New York : Rodopi, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As its title suggests, this book is a selection of papers that use English corpora to study language variation along three dimensions – time, place and genre. In broad terms, the book aims to bridge the gap between corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics and to increase our knowledge of the characteristics of English language. It includes eleven papers which address a variety of research questions but with the commonality of a corpus-based methodology. Some of the contributions deal with language variation in time, either by looking into historical corpora of English or by adopting the method known as diachronic comparable corpus linguistics, thus illustrating how corpora can be used to illuminate either historical or recent developments of English. Other studies investigate variation in space by comparing different varieties of English, including some of the “New Englishes” such as the South Asian varieties of English. Finally, some of the papers deal with variation in genre, by looking into the use of language for specific purposes through the inspection of medical articles, social reports and academic writing.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors English Corpus Linguistics: Variation in Time, Space and Genre

New developments in corpus linguistics and the study of language variation and change / Kristin Bech and Gisle Andersen

Writing the corpus-based history of spoken English: The elusive past of a cleft construction / Christian Mair

Discourse communities and their writing styles: A case study of Robert Boyle / Lilo Moessner and RWTH Aachen

The diphthongisation of ME ū: The spelling evidence / Gjertrud F. Stenbrenden

Verb complementation in South Asian English(es): The range and frequency of “new” ditransitives / Christopher Koch and Tobias Bernaisch

Functional variation in the English present perfect: a cross-varietal study / Xinyue Yao and Peter Collins

Gender, culture and language: Evidence from language corpora about the development of cultural differences between English-speaking countries / Johan Elsness

Clause-final man in Tyneside English / Kathrin Luckmann de Lopez

They have published a new cultural policy that just come out: competing forms in spoken and written New Englishes / Cristina Suárez-Gómez and Elena Seoane

Exploring the dialogism of academic discourse: Heteroglossic Engagement in medical research articles / Daniel Lees Fryer

Texturing a responsible corporate identity: A comparative analysis of Appraisal in BP’s and IKEA’s 2009 corporate social reports / Matteo Fuoli

How specific is English for Academic Purposes? A look at verbs in business, linguistics and medical research articles / Natassia Schutz.

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

94-012-0940-5

OCLC:

855504853

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401209403 DOI