| Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register Contributor(s): Biber, Douglas (Editor), Finegan, Edward (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195083644 ISBN-13: 9780195083644 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $247.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1994 Annotation: This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use - what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. Highlighting the importance of register variation, the volume includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The authors treat languages in obsolescence and in their youth; examine registers in languages from around the globe; and, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, studies of registers and register variation published to date. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 306.44 |
| LCCN: 92044536 |
| Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.77 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use--what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. The volume highlights the importance of these central linguistic phenomena; it includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The book treats languages in obsolescence and in their youth; it examines registers from languages from around the globe; and it offers several of the most complete studies of registers and register variation published to date, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. |