Title Variation in English worldwide : registers and global varieties / Axel Bohmann, University of Freiburg

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 250 pages) Series Studies in English language Studies in English language. Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Research Context -- 1.1.1 World Englishes -- 1.1.2 Aggregation-Based Linguistics -- 1.1.3 MD Analysis -- 1.2 Research Objectives -- 1.3 Outline -- Chapter 2 The World of English: Variation in Geography and Register -- 2.1 Geographic Variation in English Worldwide -- 2.1.1 The Circles Model -- 2.1.2 The Dynamic Model -- 2.1.3 The World System of Englishes 2.1.4 The Models Against the Empirical Record -- 2.2 Register Variation in English -- 2.2.1 Text, Register, Genre, Style: A Clarification of Terms -- 2.2.2 Thirty Years of MD Analysis: An Overview -- 2.3 Geography and Register in WE Studies -- 2.4 The Digital Frontier: Computer-Mediated Discourse and Global English Variation -- Chapter 3 Quantifying Linguistic Variation -- 3.1 Language Variation and Change: Labovian Sociolinguistics -- 3.1.1 The Linguistic Variable -- 3.1.2 The Speech Community and the Concept of Prestige -- 3.1.3 The Sociolinguistic Interview: Vernacular and Authentic Data 3.2 Corpora and Frequencies: The Text-Linguistic Perspective -- 3.2.1 Units of Analysis and Analytical Goals -- 3.2.2 Patterns and Explanations of Linguistic Variation -- 3.3 Feature-Aggregation Approaches: Dialectometry and Register Analysis -- 3.4 The MD Approach to Aggregate Variation -- Chapter 4 The Space of Variation in the Present Study -- 4.1 Corpus Data -- 4.1.1 The International Corpus of English -- 4.1.2 The Global English Twitter Corpus -- 4.2 Linguistic Features Under Analysis -- 4.2.1 Selection of Features -- 4.2.2 The Feature Catalog 4.3 Statistical Analysis: Exploratory Factor Analysis -- 4.3.1 General Description of the Method -- 4.3.2 Parameter Settings -- 4.3.3 Overview of the Factor Solution -- Chapter 5 General Situational Dimensions of Variation -- 5.1 Involved Versus Informational Production -- 5.1.1 Salient Linguistic Features -- 5.1.2 Patterning of Texts -- 5.1.3 Sample Texts -- 5.2 Collaborative Communicative Orientation -- 5.2.1 Salient Linguistic Features -- 5.2.2 Patterning of Texts -- 5.2.3 Sample Texts -- 5.3 Conceptual Versus Concrete Informational Focus -- 5.3.1 Salient Linguistic Features 5.3.2 Patterning of Texts -- 5.3.3 Sample Texts -- Chapter 6 Register-Specific Dimensions -- 6.1 Canonical Narrative Focus -- 6.1.1 Salient Linguistic Features -- 6.1.2 Patterning of Texts -- 6.1.3 Sample Texts -- 6.2 Situational Anchoring of Reference -- 6.2.1 Salient Linguistic Features -- 6.2.2 Patterning of Texts -- 6.2.3 Sample Texts -- 6.3 Colloquial Markedness -- 6.3.1 Salient Linguistic Features -- 6.3.2 Patterning of Texts -- 6.3.3 Sample Texts -- Chapter 7 Dimensions with Other Patterns of Distribution -- 7.1 Explicit Stance-Marking -- 7.1.1 Salient Linguistic Features Summary "This book provides a comprehensive overview of variation in English across the globe, by analyzing a large corpus of texts from the English speaking world. The analysis draws on a larger number of individual texts and linguistic features than previous studies have done. It includes a systematic comparison of the influence of register and national variety on variation in English worldwide, and explores patterns of variation in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The results provide a testing ground for theoretical models, and highlight the importance of register in mediating linguistic differences across national varieties"-- Provided by publisher Notes Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Texas, Austin, 2017 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 07, 2019) Subject English language -- Variation. Corpora (Linguistics) Corpora (Linguistics) English language -- Variation Form Electronic book LC no. 2019035744 ISBN 9781108751339 1108751334 110862121X 9781108621212

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