Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register

Zusatztext A significant collection....The book has succeeded admirably....An invaluable resource for those concerned with the socially situated side of language, whether it concerns dialect variation, interlanguage, or any other type of variation within language. This collection is a significant and useful contribution to sociolinguisics that is worthy of a `must read' designation. Klappentext This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use - what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. Highlighting the importance of register variation, the volume includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The authors treat languages in obsolescence and in their youth; examine registers in languages from around the globe; and, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, studies of registers and register variation published to date. Zusammenfassung This is a collection of previously unpublished papers on the topic of variation in language according to occasion of use, which is variously known as register, register variation, or style variation. It will be the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, and will not only draw attention to its importance but point the way to a unified approach to it.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Edward Finegan (Herausgeber), Douglas Biber (Herausgeber), Biber Douglas (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Douglas Finegan Biber, Douglas (Associate Professor of English Biber
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.1994
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen
• EAN: 9780195083644
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508364-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 400
• Serie: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Themen: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics; Sociolinguistics