Sociolinguistics and Corpus Linguistics

ISBN-13: 9780748627363 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 200 str.

Paul (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and E

Opis

This textbook introduces students to the ways in which techniques from corpus linguistics can be used to aid sociolinguistic research. Corpus linguistics shares with variationist sociolinguistics a quantitative approach to the study of variation or differences between populations. It may also complement qualitative traditions of enquiry such as interactional sociolinguistics.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Corpus approaches to sociolinguistics; 2. Corpora and sociolinguistic variation; 3. Englishes around the World; 4. Diachronic variation; 5. Corpora and interpersonal communication; 6. Uncovering discourses; 7. Conclusion.