Description |
1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
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Edinburgh sociolinguistics
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Edinburgh sociolinguistics.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Corpora and sociolinguistic variation; 3 Diachronic variation; 4 Synchronic variation; 5 Corpora and interpersonal communication; 6 Uncovering discourses; 7 Conclusion; References; Appendix; Notes; Index. |
Summary |
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. This text covers a range of different topics within sociolinguistics:*Analysing demographic variation*Comparing language use across different cultures*Examining language change over time*Studying transcripts of spoken inte. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Corpora (Linguistics)
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Lehrbuch.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Paul, 1972- Sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2010 9780748627356 (DLC) 2010413281 (OCoLC)428852536 |
ISBN |
9780748631469 (electronic book) |
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0748631461 (electronic book) |
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0748627359 (hardback) |
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9780748627356 (hardback) |
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0748627367 (paperback) |
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9780748627363 (paperback) |
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