TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nevalainen,Terttu
ED  - International ICAME Conference
TI  - The dynamics of linguistic variation: corpus evidence on English past and present 
T2  - Studies in language variation,
SN  - 9789027290380
AV  - PE1074.5 .D93 2008eb
U1  - 427/.00285 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub.
KW  - English language
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Variation
KW  - Computational linguistics
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Anglais (Langue)
KW  - Congrès
KW  - Linguistique informatique
KW  - Sociolinguistique
KW  - Informatique
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
N1  - This volume consists of a selection of articles based on papers presented at the 27th Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) in Helsinki in May 2006; Includes bibliographical references and index; The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Exploring the dynamics of linguistic variation through public and private corpora; Part I. Creating discourse; Part I. Introduction; "And so now ... ": The grammaticalisation and (inter)subjectification of now; Self-repetition in spoken English discourse; Modal adverbs in interaction -- obviously and definitely in adolescent speech; Pressing -ing into service: I don't want you coming around here any more; Part II. Moving across varieties; Part II. Introduction
N2  - Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the 'life cycle' of linguistic variability in English using data sources that range from electronic corpora to the internet. In the spirit of the 1968 Weinreich, Labov and Herzog classic, the fifteen contributions divide into three sections, each highlighting different stages in the dynamics of English across time and space. They show, first, how increase in variability can be initiated by processes that give rise to new patterns of discourse, which can ultimately crystallize into new grammatical elements. The next ph
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