Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English write by Günter Rohdenburg. This book was released on 2011-08-02. Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).
Phonological Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English: Chomsky's Worst Possible Case
Phonological Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English: Chomsky's Worst Possible Case - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Phonological Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English: Chomsky's Worst Possible Case write by Julia Schlüter. This book was released on 2016. Phonological Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English: Chomsky's Worst Possible Case available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics
The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics write by Douglas Biber. This book was released on 2015-06-25. The Cambridge Handbook of English Corpus Linguistics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 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.
Aspect in Grammatical Variation
Aspect in Grammatical Variation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aspect in Grammatical Variation write by James Anthony Walker. This book was released on 2010. Aspect in Grammatical Variation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The articles in this edited volume represent a range of approaches to studying the role of verbal aspect in grammatical variation. Issues addressed include: defining the variable context; operationalizing aspectual distinctions as factors conditioning linguistic variation; and the appropriate number of aspectual distinctions and levels. Apart from bringing to light various methodological and analytical issues, this volume gathers together a unique collection of original research, based on spoken- and written-language corpora, of an array of languages and linguistic varieties: African American Vernacular English, Caribbean English and English-based creole, Indian English, Newfoundland English, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese, Ecuadorian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, and Peninsular Spanish. This volume should not only benefit research on grammatical variation but also be of interest more generally to the study of verbal aspect.
The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation
The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation write by Terttu Nevalainen. This book was released on 2008-12-03. The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the ‘life cycle’ of linguistic variability in English using data sources that range from electronic corpora to the internet. In the spirit of the 1968 Weinreich, Labov and Herzog classic, the fifteen contributions divide into three sections, each highlighting different stages in the dynamics of English across time and space. They show, first, how increase in variability can be initiated by processes that give rise to new patterns of discourse, which can ultimately crystallize into new grammatical elements. The next phase is the spread of linguistic features and patterns of discourse, both new and well established, through the social and regional varieties of English. The final phase in this ebb and flow of linguistic variability consists of processes promoting some variable features over others across registers and regional and social varieties, thus resulting in reduced variation and increased linguistic homogeneity.
