Variation in Time and Space

Observing the World through Corpora

405 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns
• ISBN: 9783110601923
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2020
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft, Deutschsprachige Literaturwissenschaft
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Herausgegeben von: Anna Čermáková, Markéta Malá