Variation in Time and Space: Observing the World through Corpora: 20 (Diskursmuster / Discourse Patterns, 20) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 7: Diskursmuster/Discourse Patterns
 
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Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Anna Čermáková, Cambridge University, UK, and Charles University; Markéta Malá, Charles University Prague, Czechia.



Anna Čermáková, Universität Cambridge, UK, und Karls-Universität Prag; Markéta Malá, Karls-Universität Prag, Tschechien.

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