Analysing Variation in English

Informationen zum Autor Warren Maguire is a Lecturer in English Language in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. April McMahon is Forbes Professor of English Language in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext Brings together a range of perspectives on the collection! analysis and broader relevance of variable language data. Zusammenfassung Analysing Variation in English brings together a range of perspectives on the collection! analysis and broader relevance of variable language data. Designed to be used by students as well as researchers! the book will be welcomed by those working in English language and linguistics! sociolinguistics or language change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction April McMahon and Warren Maguire; Part I. Investigating Variation in English: How Do We Know What We Know?: 1. Collecting data on phonology Erik R. Thomas; 2. How to make intuitions succeed: testing methods for analysing syntactic microvariation Isabelle Buchstaller and Karen Corrigan; 3. Corpora: capturing language in use Alexandra D'Arcy; 4. Hypothesis generation Hermann Moisl; 5. Quantifying relations between dialects Warren Maguire and April McMahon; 6. Perceptual dialectology Chris Montgomery and Joan Beal; Part II. Why Does it Matter? Variation and Other Fields: 7. Variation and linguistic theory Patrick Honeybone; 8. Variation and change Gregory R. Guy; 9. Variation and forensic linguistics Frances Rock; 10. Variation and identity Emma Moore; 11. Variation and populations Rob McMahon; 12. Variation and education Graeme Trousdale.

Product details

• Authors: Warren Maguire, Warren (University of Edinburgh) Mcmahon Maguire, Warren Mcmahon Maguire
• Assisted by: Warren Maguire (Editor), Warren (University of Edinburgh) Maguire (Editor), Maguire Warren (Editor), April McMahon (Editor), April (University of Edinburgh) McMahon (Editor), McMahon April (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521898669
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89866-9
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics