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Variation in English Susan Conrad

Variation in English By Susan Conrad

Variation in English by Susan Conrad


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Multi-dimensional studies (MD) is a statistical approach to language variation. This book shows how MD studies can be used to investigate research questions in a number of linguistic core subjects, including corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and studies of literary style.

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Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies by Susan Conrad

Multi-Dimensional studies (MD) is a new statistical approach to language variation developed by Doug Biber. The methodology involved in this approach means that for the first time, using corpora of spoken and written language from different periods, we can demonstrate how language varies from one type of text to another, for example, how American style varies from British. Doug Biber begins with a discussion of the methodology required and emphasises the new insights into language variation and use that can be gained from the MD approach.

About Susan Conrad

Susan Conrad is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Program in Linguistics at Iowa State University. She is the co-author of Corpus Linguistics- Investigating Language Structure and Use (1998) and the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (1999).
Douglas Biber is Regents' Professor of English (Applied Linguistics) at Northern Arizona University. His works include Variation Across Speech and Writing (1988), Dimensions of Register Variation- A Cross-Linguistic Comparison (1995), Corpus Liinguistics- Investigating Language Structure and Use (with Conrad and Reppen, 1998) and the co-authored Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (1999).

Table of Contents

List of Contributors Publisher's Acknowledgements Part 1 - Introduction to Multi-Dimensional Analysis Part II - Multi-Dimensional Studies Based on the 1988 Model of Variation in Spoken and Written Registers Part III - Other Studies Based on the Multi-Dimensional Approach References Index

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NLS9780582307414
9780582307414
0582307414
Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies by Susan Conrad
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2001-04-10
264
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