Douglas Biber

Variation Across Speech and Writing

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Produktbeschreibung

In this widely acclaimed empirical study, Douglas Biber uses computational techniques to analyse the linguistic characteristics of twenty-three spoken and written genres, enabling identification of the basic, underlying dimensions of variation in English.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521425568
• ISBN-10: 0521425565
• Artikelnr.: 21335733

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Background Concepts and Issues: 1. Introduction: textual dimensions and relations
2. Situations and functions
3. Previous linguistic research on speech and writing
Part II. Methodology: 4. Methodological overview of the study
5. Statistical analysis
Part III. Dimensions and Relations in English: 6. Textual dimensions in speech and writing
7. Textual relations in speech and writing
8. Extending the description: variations within genres
9. Afterword: applying the model
Appendices.