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Regional Variation in Written American English

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-108-71296-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 23.11.2018
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The first study of its kind, Regional Variation in Written American English takes a corpus-based approach to map over a hundred grammatical alternation variables across the United States. A multivariate spatial analysis of these maps shows that grammatical alternation variables follow a relatively small number of common regional patterns in American English, which can be explained based on both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. Based on this rigorous analysis of extensive data, Grieve identifies five primary modern American dialect regions, demonstrating that regional variation is far more pervasive and complex in natural language than is generally assumed. The wealth of maps and data and the groundbreaking implications of this volume make it essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics, English language, geography, computer science, sociology and communication studies.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781108712965
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-108-71296-5
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 23.11.2018
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2018
  • Serie: Studies in English Language
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 513 g
  • Seiten: 353
  • Format (B x H x T): 152 x 229 x 19 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Jack Grieve is Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics in the School of Languages and Social Sciences at Aston University, Birmingham, England. He holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University, where he studied quantitative corpus linguistics under the supervision of Professor Douglas Biber. Before coming to Aston, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in Professor Dirk Geeraerts' Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics research unit at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

1. Introduction; 2. Corpus; 3. Grammatical analysis; 4. Spatial analysis; 5. Multivariate analysis; 6. Sources of regional linguistic variation; 7. Conclusion.