| Variation in Time and Space: Observing the World Through Corpora Contributor(s): Čermáková, Anna (Editor), Malá, Markéta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110601923 ISBN-13: 9783110601923 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $145.34 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Foreign Language Study - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Series: Diskursmuster - Discourse Patterns |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.66 lbs) 411 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 16th 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. |