Axel Bohmann

Variation in English Worldwide (eBook, PDF)

Registers and Global Varieties

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

World Englishes is one of the most active fields of present day linguistic research. This book provides a comprehensive overview of variation in English across the globe, by analysing a large corpus of texts from the English speaking world. The analysis draws on a larger number of individual texts and linguistic features than previous studies have done. It includes a systematic comparison of the influence of register and national variety on variation in English world-wide, and explores patterns of variation in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The results provide a testing ground for theoretical models, and highlight the importance of register in mediating linguistic differences across national varieties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108621212
• Artikelnr.: 66179163

Autorenporträt

Axel Bohmann is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The world of English: variation in geography and register
3. Quantifying linguistic variation
4. The space of variation in the present study
5. General situational dimensions of variation
6. Register-specific dimensions
7. Dimensions with other patterns of distribution
8. Discussion: feature space and geographic space
9. Conclusion.