| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 341 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Series |
Studies in English language
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Studies in English language.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : 'grammar-blindness' in the recent history of English? -- Comparative corpus linguistics : the methodological basis of this book -- The subjunctive mood -- The modal auxiliaries -- the so-called semi-modals -- The progressive -- The passive voice -- Take or have a look at a corpus? Expanded predicates in British and American English -- Non-finite clauses -- The noun phrase -- Linguistic and other determinants of change. |
| Summary |
Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora. |
| 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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English language -- Grammar.
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English language -- Grammar. |
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Computational linguistics.
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Computational linguistics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leech, Geoffrey N. Change in contemporary English. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2009019728 |
| ISBN |
9780521867221 (cloth) |
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0521867223 (cloth) |
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9780511641640 (electronic book) |
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0511641648 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9786612386534 |
| Report No. |
MYILIB_CUp |
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