2000
Author: Lise Opdahl
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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A study in linguistic variation, this work deals with those much discussed but little researched adverbs which in present-day English sometimes occur with the suffix -ly and sometimes not, e.g. direct/directly and wrong/wrongly. The forms studied are 20 de-adjectival adverbial pairs which occur fairly regularly as verb modifiers without displaying well-established and clear semantic differences between the two forms. The present work (in two volumes) first investigates which factors have been mentioned previously as explanatory for the choice of form and then tests to what extent these factors seem to apply. Both British and American material is analysed, collected from machine-readable corpora and through elicitation. The results show, contrary to some claims, that no one parameter seems to influence the choice of form and that the adverbial lexemes vary considerably in their profiles in this respect. The lexemes can be grouped in various ways, which may be useful e. g. in the teaching of English. Some findings indicate instability, suggesting potential language change.
Author: Lise Opdahl
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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A study in linguistic variation, this work deals with those much discussed but little researched adverbs which in present-day English sometimes occur with the suffix -ly and sometimes not, e.g. direct/directly and wrong/wrongly. The forms studied are 20 de-adjectival adverbial pairs which occur fairly regularly as verb modifiers without displaying well-established and clear semantic differences between the two forms. The present work (in two volumes) first investigates which factors have been mentioned previously as explanatory for the choice of form and then tests to what extent these factors seem to apply. Both British and American material is analysed, collected from machine-readable corpora and through elicitation. The results show, contrary to some claims, that no one parameter seems to influence the choice of form and that the adverbial lexemes vary considerably in their profiles in this respect. The lexemes can be grouped in various ways, which may be useful e. g. in the teaching of English. Some findings indicate instability, suggesting potential language change.
Author: Lise Opdahl
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Author: Laurie Bauer
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
ISBN: 3830964560
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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This thematic publication contains papers presented by invited speakers at a symposium of Conversion / Zero-Derivation held in conjunction with the 10th International Morphology Conference in Szentendre, Hungary, in May 2002, and papers from scholars who could not attend that symposium but indicated their interest in contributing to this volume. Conversion became an issue again in the nineties, probably as a result of the widespread renewed interest in morphology that is in full swing today. The papers contained in this book approach conversion from various perspectives and with different purposes in mind. They cover topics such as what it means to change category, how one can discover the directionality of conversion and the very vexed question of whether an analysis in terms of conversion is or is not to be preferred over one in terms of zero-derivation. All of these questions were canvassed at the symposium, but so were others: questions of typology, conversion in languages other than English, and the question of how far the meaning of conversion is predictable. The participants in the symposium were interested to find that with so many people discussing conversion there was remarkably little overlap in the areas addressed.
Author: Hans Lindquist
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027222843
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 279
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Grammaticalization is an important concept in general and typological linguistics and a prominent type of explanation in historical linguistics. For historical corpus linguists, grammaticalization theory provides a frame of orientation in their effort to analyze and systematize a fast-accumulating mass of data. Students of grammaticalization have become increasingly aware of the potential of existing corpora and established corpus-linguistic methodology for their work. This book continues and develops the dialogue between the two fields. All the contributions are based on extensive use of various electronic corpora. Relating corpus practices to recent theoretical concerns of grammaticalization studies they deal with grammaticalization and historical sociolinguistics, lexicalization and grammaticalization, layering, frequency, grammaticalization and dialects, degrammaticalization and grammaticalization in a contrastive perspective. The papers show that a synthesis of corpus methodology and grammaticalization studies leads to new and interesting insights about the mechanisms of language change and the communicative functions of language.
Author: Sali A. Tagliamonte
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405135913
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 436
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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: Lise Opdahl
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9783631354643
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A study in linguistic variation, this work deals with those much discussed but little researched adverbs which in present-day English sometimes occur with the suffix -ly and sometimes not, e.g. direct/directly and wrong/wrongly. The forms studied are 20 de-adjectival adverbial pairs which occur fairly regularly as verb modifiers without displaying well-established and clear semantic differences between the two forms. The present work (in two volumes) first investigates which factors have been mentioned previously as explanatory for the choice of form and then tests to what extent these factors seem to apply. Both British and American material is analysed, collected from machine-readable corpora and through elicitation. The results show, contrary to some claims, that no one parameter seems to influence the choice of form and that the adverbial lexemes vary considerably in their profiles in this respect. The lexemes can be grouped in various ways, which may be useful e. g. in the teaching of English. Some findings indicate instability, suggesting potential language change.
Author: Markku Filppula
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789027247872
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Nonstandard varieties of languages have recently become an object of new interest in scholarly research. This is very much due to the advances in the methods used in data collection and analysis, as well as the emergence of new language-theoretical frameworks. The articles in this volume stem from the 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (Methods XI, August 2002, Joensuu). The theme for this conference was Dialects across borders. The selection of contributions included in this volume demonstrates how various kinds of borders exert major influence on linguistic behaviour all over the world. The articles have been grouped according to whether they deal primarily with the linguistic outcomes of political and historical borders between states (Part I); various kinds of social and regional boundaries, including borders in a metaphorical sense, i.e. social barriers and mental or cognitive boundaries (Part II); and finally, boundaries between languages (Part III).
Author: Peter Juul Nielsen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004321837
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 535
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In this book Peter Juul Nielsen examines the foundations of morphological theory from a structural-functional perspective on language as a sign system with the empirical challenge of describing the nonfinite verb forms in Danish as his point of departure.
Author: Peter Collins
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027268908
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The contributions to this volume apply and extend the techniques of corpus linguistics and diachronic linguistics to the challenge of describing and explaining grammatical change in varieties of English world-wide. The book is divided into two parts, with ten chapters on ‘Inner Circle’ varieties such as Australian, Canadian, and Irish English, and eight on ‘Outer Circle’ varieties such as Philippine, Indian, and Nigerian English. Contributors examine a range of topics including the progressive aspect, modal auxiliaries, do-support, verb morphology, and quotatives, using a wide variety of corpus resources. Overarching research questions addressed include the following: Do diachronic tendencies observed in a particular variety converge with, diverge from, or run in parallel with, those in the parent variety? What are the possible causes of changes observed (e.g. English teaching traditions, Americanisation, internal changes in registers)? This book will appeal to linguists, particularly those interested in grammatical description, corpus linguistics and World Englishes.
Author: Kristin Bech
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110682567
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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This collected volume brings together a wide array of international linguists working on diachronic language change with a specific focus on the history of English, who work within usage-based frameworks and investigate processes of grammatical change in context. Although usage-based linguistics emphasizes the centrality of the discourse context for language usage and cognition, this insight has not been fully integrated into the investigation of processes of grammatical variation and change. The structuralist heritage as well as corpus linguistic methodologies have favoured de-contextualized analytical perspectives on contemporary and historical language data and on the mechanisms and processes guiding grammatical variation and change. From a range of different perspectives, the contributions to this volume take up the challenge of contextualization in the investigation of grammatical variation and change in different stages of English language history and discuss central theoretical notions such as gradable grammaticality, motivation in hypervariation, and hypercharacterization. The book will be relevant to students and linguists working in the field of diachronic and variational linguistics and English language history.
