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Studies in Language and Linguistics General Editors- Geoffrey
Leech, Department of Modern English Language, Lancaster University
and Jenny Thomas, School of English and Linguistics, University of
Wales, Bangor Broad-ranging and authoritative, Studies in Language
and Linguistics is an occasional series incorporating major new
work in all areas of linguistics. Variation in English-
Multi-Dimensional Studies provides both a comprehensive view into a
relatively new technique for studying language, and a diverse,
exciting collection of studies of variation in English. The first
part of the book provides an explanation of multi-dimensional (MD)
analysis, a research technique for studying language variation. MD
is a corpus-based approach developed by Doug Biber that facilitates
large-scale studies of language variation and the investigation of
research questions that were previously intractable. The second
part of the book contains studies that apply Biber's original MD
analysis of English to new domains. These studies cover the
historical evolution of English; specialized domains such as
medical writing and oral proficiency testing; and dialect
variation, including gender and British/American. The third part of
the book contains studies that conduct new MD analyses, covering
adult/child language differences, 18th century speech and writing,
and discourse complexity. Readers of this book will become familiar
with the analytical techniques of multi-dimensional analysis, with
its applicability to a wide variety of language issues, and with
the findings of important studies previously published in diverse
journals as well as new studies appearing for the first time.
Multi-Dimensional studies (MD) is a new statistical approach to language variation developed by Doug Biber. The methodology involved in this approach means that for the first time, using corpora of spoken and written language from different periods, we can demonstrate how language varies from one type of text to another, for example, how American style varies from British. Doug Biber begins Variation in English: Multi-Dimensional Studies with a discussion of the methodology required and emphasizes the new insights into language variation and use that can be gained from the MD approach.
invaluable for students on university and teacher-training courses
checks your knowledge of how English is actually used in speech and
writing shows how grammar differs in different contexts of
registers provides practice with relationships between grammar and
vocabulary all examples taken from naturally occurring English
texts and conversations comparisons between British English and
American English spoken and written extracts throughout full answer
key
Written by a global team, this up-to-date introduction to applied
linguistics helps students learn what it's like to do applied
linguistics, and not just read about theoretical concepts. First,
it provides frameworks for understanding both the shared
characteristics of work in applied linguistics and the diversity of
topics and analyses. Each chapter then highlights a topic area,
covering key concepts, a specific project undertaken by the
authors, and their personal reflections on entering the field.
Hands-on analysis and other application activities also encourage
students to test different skills related to each chapter. Finally,
students are introduced to the tools they need to continue in
applied linguistics: how to read and write empirical research, how
to evaluate primary literature, and starting points for expanding
their interest in specific subject areas. The authors provide
examples from different geographical regions and languages to
engage an international audience. At the same time,
multilingualism, interdisciplinarity, and technology are integrated
as themes within the text to reflect how these areas are now
interwoven throughout applied linguistics.
Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English
Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they
interact Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British
and American, written and spoken corpus text Uses over 3000
examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points Uses
frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this
grammar clear
This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for
writing teachers in the way that "Vocabulary Myths" by Keith S.
Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. It was written to
help ensure that writing teachers are not perpetuating the myths of
teaching writing. Each author is a practicing teacher who selected
his or her "myth" based on classroom experience and expertise. Both
the research and pedagogy in this book are based on the newest
research in, for example, teacher preparation, EAP and ESP, and
corpus linguistics. The myths discussed in this book are: Teaching
vocabulary is not the writing teacher's job. (Keith S. Folse)
Teaching citation is someone else's job. (Cynthia M. Schuemann)
Where grammar is concerned, one size fits all. (Pat Byrd and John
Bunting) Academic writing should be assertive and certain. (Ken
Hyland) Students must learn to correct all their writing errors.
(Dana Ferris) Corpus-based research is too complicated to be useful
for writing teachers. (Susan Conrad) Academic writing courses
should focus on paragraph and essay development. (Sharon Cavausgil)
International and U.S. resident ESL writers cannot be taught in the
same class. (Paul Kei Matsuda) The book concludes with a discussion
of students' myths about academic writing and teaching written by
Joy Reid.
This book is about investigating the way people use language in speech and writing. It introduces the corpus-based approach to the study of language, based on analysis of large databases of real language examples and illustrates exciting new findings about language and the different ways that people speak and write. The book is important both for its step-by-step descriptions of research methods and for its findings about grammar and vocabulary, language use, language learning, and differences in language use across texts and user groups.
A fully updated and expanded second edition of this flagship work,
which introduces methodological techniques to carry out analyses of
text varieties, and provides descriptions of the most important
text varieties in English. Part I introduces an analytical
framework for studying registers, genre conventions, and styles,
while Part II provides more detailed corpus-based descriptions of
text varieties in English, including spoken interpersonal
varieties, general and professional written varieties and emerging
electronic varieties. Part III introduces more advanced analytical
approaches and deals with larger theoretical concerns, such as the
relationship between register studies and other sub-disciplines of
linguistics, and practical applications of register analysis. A new
chapter on EAP and ESP has been added, with new sections on the
important differences between academic writing in the humanities
and sciences, and a case study on engineering reports as an ESP
register and genre. Coverage of new electronic registers has been
updated, and a new analysis of hybrid registers has been added.
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