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Change in Contemporary English
Author | : Geoffrey N. Leech |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2009-10-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521867221 |
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Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, and discusses the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this process.
Change in Contemporary English
Author | : Geoffrey N. Leech |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Computational linguistics |
ISBN | : OCLC:816354571 |
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Change in Contemporary English
Author | : Geoffrey Leech,Marianne Hundt,Christian Mair,Nicholas Smith |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2009-10-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781139483179 |
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Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the matters receiving particular attention are the influence of American English on British English, the role of the press, the 'colloquialization' of written English, and a wide range of grammatical topics, including the modal auxiliaries, progressive, subjunctive, passive, genitive and relative clauses. These subjects build an overall picture of how English grammar is changing, and the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this process.
Contemporary Indian English
Author | : Andreas Sedlatschek |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027248985 |
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This is the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English.
Modality in Contemporary English
Author | : Roberta Facchinetti,Frank Palmer,Manfred Krug |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2012-02-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783110895339 |
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This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguistic issues such as grammaticalization, colloquialization, or the interplay between sociolinguistic and syntactic constraints. The articles fall into four sections: (a) the semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs; (b) the status of emerging modal items; (c) stylistic variation and change; (d) sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models. The book is of considerable value to students and teachers of English and Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate level worldwide.
Syntactic Change in Late Modern English
Author | : Erik Smitterberg |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2021-11-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781108474221 |
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This book provides a fresh perspective on language change in Late Modern English, and is illustrated with corpus-linguistic case studies.
Variety in Contemporary English
Author | : W.R. O'Donnell,LORETO Todd |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2013-02-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781134887842 |
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First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Tradition and Change in Legal English
Author | : Christopher Williams |
Publsiher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 3039114441 |
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In this volume the author examines verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts written in English. Modal auxiliaries such as shall, may and must are analysed, as well as indicative tenses such as the present simple, and also non-finite constructions such as the -ing form and -ed participles. Results are based on specially compiled corpora of prescriptive texts coming from a wide range of English-speaking countries and also international organizations such as the European Union and the UN. The author also analyses the nature, extent and impact of the calls for change in legal language coming from the Plain Language Movement. Although legal language tends to be depicted as being highly conservative and unchanging, the author shows that in certain parts of the English-speaking world a minor revolution would appear to be taking place, while in other parts there is greater resistance to change.