Douglas Biber

Dimensions of Register Variation

A Cross-Linguistic Comparison

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Produktbeschreibung

Douglas Biber's new book gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 873g
• ISBN-13: 9780521473316
• ISBN-10: 0521473314
• Artikelnr.: 21077630

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The comprehensive analysis of register variation
3. Sociocultural description of the four language situations
4. The linguistic bases of cross-linguistic register comparisons: a detailed quantitative comparison of English and Somali registers. 5. Methodology
6. Multi-dimensional analyses of the four languages
7. Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: synchronic similarities and differences
8. Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: diachronic similarities and differences
9. Registers and text types in English and Somali
10. Towards cross-linguistic universals of register variation
Appendices
Notes
References
Index.