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1 online resource (xx, 361 pages) : illustrations. |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 251
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 251.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1 The concept of variation in linguistics; 2 Goal of the study; 3 Methodology for the investigation of variation; 4 Organisation of the study; Part 1: Theoretical foundations; Chapter 2. State of the art; 1 Texts: a view on text linguistics; 2 Register: situating texts in the language system; 3 Variation: comparing linguistic systems; 3.1 Contrastive linguistics -; 3.2 Lexico-grammatical variation across languages -; 3.3 Register variation across languages -- |
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4 Translation: influences from language mediation4.1 Register analysis in translation studies -; 4.2 Translation properties -; 5 Envoi; Chapter 3. On empirical methods in linguistics; 1 Conceptual and methodological links between linguistics and social sciences; 2 Empirical methods; 2.1 Qualitative and quantitative approaches; 2.2 From abstract concepts to observable features; 3 Quality criteria for empirical research; 4 Limits of cross-linguistic empirical research; 5 Summary; Chapter 4. Indicators of register classification; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain. |
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1.2 Goal orientation2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Agentive roles; 2.2 Social role relationship; 2.3 Social distance; 2.4 Appraisal; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Channel; 3.3 Medium; 4 Summary; Part 2: Empirical analysis; Chapter 5. Research design; 1 The corpus; 1.1 Design; 1.2 Enrichment; 2 Exploiting the corpus; 2.1 Query tools; 2.2 Statistics; 3 Corpus contrasts; 3.1 Overview of the contrasts; 3.2 Relative register values; 4 Hypotheses; 4.1 Language-internal variation in originals; 4.2 Cross-linguistic variation in originals; 4.3 Variation between originals and translations. |
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5 SummaryChapter 6. English intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 7. German intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 8. Cross-linguistic register comparison; 1 Field of discourse. |
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1.1 Experiential domain1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 9. Variation between originals and translations; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 10. Insights on register variation; 1 Variation in the CroCo registers; 1.1 Variation in the English registers. |
| Summary |
The book provides the first comparison of usage preferences across registers in the language pair English-German. Due to the innovative quantitative approach and broad coverage, the volume is an excellent resource for scholars working in contrastive linguistics and translation studies as well as for corpus linguists. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Register (Linguistics)
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Register (Linguistics) |
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Contrastive linguistics.
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Contrastive linguistics. |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
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German language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English.
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German language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English. |
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German.
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German. |
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Corpora (Linguistics)
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Neumann, Stella, 1968- Contrastive register variation. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014] 9783110238587 (DLC) 2013047119 (OCoLC)864299535 |
| ISBN |
3110238594 (electronic book) |
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9783110238594 (electronic book) |
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3110238586 |
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9783110238587 |
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3112191269 |
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9783112191262 |
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9781306429771 |
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1306429773 |
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