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Corpus linguistics for World Englishes : a guide for research / Claudia Lange and Sven Leuckert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge corpus linguistics guidesPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2020Description: xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138593459
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.188 L260c 23
LOC classification:
  • PE1073 .L358 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- World Englishes -- Corpus-Linguistic Approaches to Language -- Corpora and World Englishes -- Tracing Variation and Change in English -- Interpreting Variation and Change in World Englishes -- World Englishes, Learner Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca -- The State of the Art and the Way Ahead.
Summary: "Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes offers a detailed account of how to analyse the many fascinating varieties of English around the world using corpus-linguistic methods. Employing case studies for illustration of relevant concepts and methods throughout, this book: introduces the theory and practice of analysing World Englishes; illustrates the basics of corpus-linguistic methods and presents the vast World Englishes corpora; links World Englishes to Learner Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca offers practical, hands-on exercises and questions for discussion in each chapter; provides helpful overviews and course syllabi for students and instructors. Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes is key reading for advanced students of English as a World Language and Corpus Linguistics, as well as anyone keen to understand variation in World Englishes with the help of corpus linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- World Englishes -- Corpus-Linguistic Approaches to Language -- Corpora and World Englishes -- Tracing Variation and Change in English -- Interpreting Variation and Change in World Englishes -- World Englishes, Learner Englishes, and English as a Lingua Franca -- The State of the Art and the Way Ahead.

"Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes offers a detailed account of how to analyse the many fascinating varieties of English around the world using corpus-linguistic methods. Employing case studies for illustration of relevant concepts and methods throughout, this book: introduces the theory and practice of analysing World Englishes; illustrates the basics of corpus-linguistic methods and presents the vast World Englishes corpora; links World Englishes to Learner Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca offers practical, hands-on exercises and questions for discussion in each chapter; provides helpful overviews and course syllabi for students and instructors. Corpus Linguistics for World Englishes is key reading for advanced students of English as a World Language and Corpus Linguistics, as well as anyone keen to understand variation in World Englishes with the help of corpus linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

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