The Perfect And The Preterite In Contemporary And Earlier English

Author : Johan Elsness
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110810264

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The Perfect and the Preterite in Contemporary and Earlier English by Johan Elsness Pdf

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

Author : Xinyue Yao
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248602

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The Present Perfect and the Preterite in Late Modern and Contemporary English by Xinyue Yao Pdf

This book examines developments in the use of the present perfect and the preterite in Late Modern and contemporary English, with a focus on American and British English. Drawing on neo-Gricean pragmatics, it proposes a novel and principled analysis of the verb forms’ context-independent meanings and context-dependent inferences. State-of-the-art corpus linguistic methods are used to track their functional changes over two and a half centuries. The book presents new evidence of grammatical change and offers a compelling, contact-based account of regional variation. It brings together the insights of various fields, including formal semantics, historical linguistics, linguistic typology, and variationist sociolinguistics.

Author : Valentin Werner,Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110435320

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Re-assessing the Present Perfect by Valentin Werner,Elena Seoane,Cristina Suárez-Gómez Pdf

It is a well-known fact that the area of the present perfect has always been a hotly contested ground, but recent corpus analyses have shown that grammatical variation in this realm in English is far more pervasive than previously assumed. This volume is the first ever book-length treatment dedicated to corpus-based work on the present perfect. It offers fresh theoretical insights resting on a solid empirical footing and investigates central aspects of language contact and change, grammaticalization, typology, and dialect formation. It sheds light on this morphosyntactic area from different angles, as it comprises both diachronic and synchronic viewpoints. Contributions explore variation in the expression of perfect meaning and the multifunctionality of perfect forms in a number of native and non-native varieties, thus going beyond the traditional British/American English paradigm, while a second focus lies on cross-variety comparisons. Bringing together the knowledge of leading experts in the field, this book represents the state of the art in data-driven research on the present perfect and will be of interest for those working in the fields of language variation and change, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and typology.

Author : Marija Brala Vukanovic,Irena Vodopija-Krstanović
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783643900739

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The Global and Local Dimensions of English by Marija Brala Vukanovic,Irena Vodopija-Krstanović Pdf

The interaction between the global and the local has inspired inquiry into the multifarious manifestations of English nowadays, stimulating scholarly research into its diverse linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical landscapes. Drawing together various strands of the 'Global English' debate, the papers in this book question and expand on the interaction between Global English and local contexts in the Alpine-Adriatic region, and examine the complexities from different, yet complementary, perspectives: the cultural, the methodological (ELT), the translational, and the linguistic. (Series: Linguistik und Sprachvermittlung - Vol. 4)

Author : Markku Filppula,Juhani Klemola,Anna Mauranen,Svetlana Vetchinnikova
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110429657

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Changing English by Markku Filppula,Juhani Klemola,Anna Mauranen,Svetlana Vetchinnikova Pdf

This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature of English in the modern world.

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317867951

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Meaning and the English Verb by Geoffrey N. Leech Pdf

Every language has its peculiar problems of meaning for the foreign learner. In the English language, some of the biggest yet most fascinating problems are concentrated in the area of the finite verb phrase: in particular, tense, aspect, mood and modality. Meaning and the English Verb describes these fields in detail for teachers and advanced students of English as a foreign or second language. This new third edition uses up-to-date examples to show differences and similarities between American and British english, reflecting a great deal of recent research in this area. It also takes account of the subtle changes which are taking place in the language today. In print for over 30 years, Meaning and the English Verb has established itself as a recognised authority on the meaning and use of verb constructions in English. This updated third edition will ensure that it remains an invaluable text for teachers and students of English worldwide.

Author : Günter Rohdenburg,Julia Schlüter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521872195

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One Language, Two Grammars? by Günter Rohdenburg,Julia Schlüter Pdf

This volume focuses on British-American differences in the structure of words and sentences. The first full-length treatment of the topic, it will be of interest to scholars working within the fields of English historical linguistics, language variation and change, and dialectology.

Author : Gisle Andersen,Kristin Bech
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789401209403

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English Corpus Linguistics: Variation in Time, Space and Genre. by Gisle Andersen,Kristin Bech Pdf

As its title suggests, this book is a selection of papers that use English corpora to study language variation along three dimensions – time, place and genre. In broad terms, the book aims to bridge the gap between corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics and to increase our knowledge of the characteristics of English language. It includes eleven papers which address a variety of research questions but with the commonality of a corpus-based methodology. Some of the contributions deal with language variation in time, either by looking into historical corpora of English or by adopting the method known as diachronic comparable corpus linguistics, thus illustrating how corpora can be used to illuminate either historical or recent developments of English. Other studies investigate variation in space by comparing different varieties of English, including some of the “New Englishes” such as the South Asian varieties of English. Finally, some of the papers deal with variation in genre, by looking into the use of language for specific purposes through the inspection of medical articles, social reports and academic writing.

Author : Sam Wolfe,Christine Meklenborg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192578051

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Continuity and Variation in Germanic and Romance by Sam Wolfe,Christine Meklenborg Pdf

This volume offers a range of synchronic and diachronic case studies in comparative Germanic and Romance morphosyntax. These two language families, spoken by over a billion people today, have played a central role in linguistic research, but many significant questions remain about the relationship between them. Following an introduction that sets out the methodological, empirical, and theoretical background to the book, the volume is divided into three parts that deal with the morphosyntax of subjects and the inflectional layer; inversion, discourse pragmatics, and the left periphery; and continuity and variation beyond the clause. The contributors adopt a diverse range of approaches, making use of the latest digitized corpora and presenting a mixture of well-known and under-studied data from standard and non-standard Germanic and Romance languages. Many of the chapters challenge received wisdom about the relationship between these two important language families. The volume will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students in the fields of Germanic and Romance linguistics, historical and comparative linguistics, and morphosyntax.

Author : L. Howe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781137029812

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The Spanish Perfects by L. Howe Pdf

This book considers the role of cross-dialectal data in our understanding of linguistic variability, focusing on the widely discussed dichotomy between past tense forms and relying primarily on spoken language data from different varieties of Spanish.

Author : Olga Mišeska Tomi?,Milorad Radovanovi?
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027236925

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History and Perspectives of Language Study by Olga Mišeska Tomi?,Milorad Radovanovi? Pdf

Each of the contributions in this volume expresses in some way the hope that it is possible to achieve an integrity of linguistics, understood as a science of man, in its psychological, sociological, pragmatic and cultural context. The first section focuses on the history of language study, the second section on the integrative description of facets of language, and the last section on the need for the study of language in context.

Author : Kristin Davidse,Caroline Gentens,Lobke Ghesquière,Lieven Vandelanotte
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269744

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Corpus Interrogation and Grammatical Patterns by Kristin Davidse,Caroline Gentens,Lobke Ghesquière,Lieven Vandelanotte Pdf

The studies in this volume approach English grammatical patterns in novel ways by interrogating corpora, focusing on patterns in the verb phrase (tense, aspect and modality), the noun phrase (intensification and focus marking), complementation structures and clause combining. Some studies interrogate historical corpora to reconstruct the diachronic development of patterns such as light verb constructions, verb-particle combinations, the be a-verbing progressive and absolute constructions. Other studies analyse synchronic datasets to typify the functions in discourse of, amongst others, tag questions and it-clefts, or to elucidate some long-standing problems in the syntactic analysis of verbal or adjectival complementation patterns, thanks to the empirical detail only corpora can provide. The volume documents the practices that have been developed to guarantee optimal representativeness of corpus data, to formulate definitions of patterns that can be operationalized in extractions, and to build dimensions of variation such as text type and register into rich grammatical descriptions.

Author : Sali A. Tagliamonte
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781405135917

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Variationist Sociolinguistics by Sali A. Tagliamonte Pdf

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with linguistic variation in spoken and written language. Represents the most up-to-date coverage of the history, developments, and methodologies of variationist sociolinguistics Addresses all aspects of linguistic variation, including areas not usually covered in introductory texts, e.g. the phonological, morpho-syntactic, discourse/pragmatic Outlines comparative sociolinguistic approach, data collection, methodological issues; and addresses state-of-the-art contemporary quantitative methods and statistical practice Features cutting-edge research at an appropriate level to facilitate student learning Engages students throughout with a variety of pedagogical features, including Mini Quizzes to test comprehension, extensive Exercises at the end of each chapter, the opportunity to do hands-on quantitative analysis of a never-before published data set, and Notes and Tips that offer insight into conducting sociolinguistic research. Extra materials and answers to the exercises are available at www.wiley.com/go/tagliamonte

Author : George Melville Bolling,Bernard Bloch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134085021

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Language by George Melville Bolling,Bernard Bloch Pdf

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society in v. 1-11, 1925-34. After 1934 they appear in Its Bulletin.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127763204

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Proceedings of the ... West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics by Anonim Pdf