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Author: Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-10-22
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 0521867223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, and discusses the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this process.
Author: Geoffrey N. Leech
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 341
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andreas Sedlatschek
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9027248982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English.
Author: Christian Mair
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-10-26
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1139459627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStandard English has evolved and developed in many ways over the past hundred years. From pronunciation to vocabulary to grammar, this concise survey clearly documents the recent history of Standard English. Drawing on large amounts of authentic corpus data, it shows how we can track ongoing changes to the language, and demonstrates each of the major developments that have taken place. As well as taking insights from a vast body of literature, Christian Mair presents the results of his own cutting-edge research, revealing some important changes which have not been previously documented. He concludes by exploring how social and cultural factors, such as the American influence on British English, have affected Standard English in recent times. Authoritative, informative and engaging, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in language change in progress, particularly those working on English, and will be welcomed by students, researchers and language teachers alike.
Author: Margaret M. Strain
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780814110799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooking primarily at stand-alone master's programs, this volume examines the design, delivery, and value of a master's degree in English in the twenty-first century and challenges the characterization that MA programs in English serve primarily as stepping-stones to the PhD.
Author: Roberta Facchinetti
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-02-13
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 3110895331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguistic issues such as grammaticalization, colloquialization, or the interplay between sociolinguistic and syntactic constraints. The articles fall into four sections: (a) the semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs; (b) the status of emerging modal items; (c) stylistic variation and change; (d) sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models. The book is of considerable value to students and teachers of English and Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate level worldwide.
Author: Richard D. Janda
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 111873226X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn entirely new follow-up volume providing a detailed account of numerous additional issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics. This brand-new, second volume of The Handbook of Historical Linguistics is a complement to the well-established first volume first published in 2003. It includes extended content allowing uniquely comprehensive coverage of the study of language(s) over time. Though it adds fresh perspectives on several topics previously treated in the first volume, this Handbook focuses on extensions of diachronic linguistics beyond those key issues. This Handbook provides readers with studies of language change whose perspectives range from comparisons of large open vs. small closed corpora, via creolistics and linguistic contact in general, to obsolescence and endangerment of languages. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, new chapters are offered on matters such as the origin of language, evidence from language for reconstructing human prehistory, invocations of language present in studies of language past, benefits of linguistic fieldwork for historical investigation, ways in which not only biological evolution but also field biology can serve as heuristics for research into the rise and spread of linguistic innovations, and more. Moreover, it: offers novel and broadened content complementing the earlier volume so as to provide the fullest available overview of a wholly engrossing field includes 23 all-new contributed chapters, treating some familiar themes from fresh perspectives but mostly covering entirely new topics features expanded discussion of material from language families other than Indo-European provides a multiplicity of views from numerous specialists in linguistic diachrony. The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II is an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, researchers and professional linguists, as well as all those interested in the history of particular languages and the history of language more generally.
Author: Adrian Beard
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-07-31
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1134360673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts. Language Change: examines the way external factors have influenced and are influencing language change, focusing on how changing social contexts are reflected in language use explores the attitudes, values and assumptions that shape the way we use language looks at how language change operates within different genres, such as problem pages, sports reports and recipes provides lively examples from everyday communication, including letters, emails, postcards and text messages includes a unit on how new words are formed and features a full glossary.
Author: April M. S. McMahon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994-03-17
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521446655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.
Author: Douglas Biber
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 757
ISBN-13: 1316298701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics (CHECL) surveys the breadth of corpus-based linguistic research on English, including chapters on collocations, phraseology, grammatical variation, historical change, and the description of registers and dialects. The most innovative aspects of the CHECL are its emphasis on critical discussion, its explicit evaluation of the state of the art in each sub-discipline, and the inclusion of empirical case studies. While each chapter includes a broad survey of previous research, the primary focus is on a detailed description of the most important corpus-based studies in this area, with discussion of what those studies found, and why they are important. Each chapter also includes a critical discussion of the corpus-based methods employed for research in this area, as well as an explicit summary of new findings and discoveries.
