New Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Variability

Amei Koll-Stobbe

ISBN 10: 3631615043 / ISBN 13: 9783631615041

Published by Peter Lang, Peter Lang, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The fourth volume in the series Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe features contributions from various philologies in the young but rapidly growing research area of linguistic variability. The book grew out of a nucleus of papers presented at a North German Linguistics Workshop organised by the chair of English Linguistics, and developed into a collection of doctoral and post-doctoral research papers on variability in different domains of language use, variability as conceptual cum linguistic variability, and variability as studied in the mainstream research framework of corpus linguistics. It is the integrative presentation of thematic breadth and pluralistic research methodologies that inspired the title New Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Variability. The volume focuses on sociolinguistic studies of language use as social practice and variability of authentic language use.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Variability
• Publisher: Peter Lang, Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631615043
• ISBN 13: 9783631615041
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 16D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 16 millimeters depth
• Weight: 383 grams

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Synopsis

The fourth volume in the series Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe features contributions from various philologies in the young but rapidly growing research area of linguistic variability. The book grew out of a nucleus of papers presented at a North German Linguistics Workshop organised by the chair of English Linguistics, and developed into a collection of doctoral and post-doctoral research papers on variability in different domains of language use, variability as conceptual cum linguistic variability, and variability as studied in the mainstream research framework of corpus linguistics. It is the integrative presentation of thematic breadth and pluralistic research methodologies that inspired the title New Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Variability. The volume focuses on sociolinguistic studies of language use as social practice and variability of authentic language use.

About the Author

Markus Bieswanger is professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth (Germany).
Amei Koll-Stobbe holds the chair in English Linguistics at the University of Greifswald (Germany).