Variation in Time and Space - Observing the World through Corpora

Variation in Time and Space: Observing the World through Corpora is a collection of articles that address the theme of linguistic variation in English in its broadest sense. Current research in English language presented in the book explores a fascinating number of topics, whose unifying element is the corpus linguistic methodology. Part I of this volume, Meaning in Time and Space, introduces the two dimensions of variation - time and space - relating them to the negotiation of meaning in discourse and questions of intertextuality. Part II, Variation in Time, approaches the English language from a diachronic point of view; the time periods covered vary considerably, ranging from 16^th century up to present-day; so do the genres explored. Part III, Variation in Space, focuses on global varieties of English and includes a contrastive point of view. The range of topics is again broad - from specific lexico-grammatical structures to the variation in academic English, combining the regional and genre dimensions of variation. This is a timely volume that shows the breadth and depth in current corpus-based research of English.

About the author

Anna ¿ermáková, Universität Cambridge, UK, und Karls-Universität Prag; Markéta Malá, Karls-Universität Prag, Tschechien.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anna ¿Ermáková (Editor), Anna Cermakova (Editor), Ann Cermáková (Editor), Anna Cermáková (Editor), Anna ermáková (Editor), Malá (Editor), Malá (Editor), Markéta Malá (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2020
• EAN: 9783110601923
• ISBN: 978-3-11-060192-3
• No. of pages: 405
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 34 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 829 g
• Illustrations: 22 b/w and 25 col. ill., 53 b/w tbl.
• Series: Diskursmuster - Discourse Patterns; Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns; ISSN; Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns, 20
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics