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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      07 September 2009
      31 August 1995
      ISBN:
      9780511519871
      9780521473316
      9780521024112
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511519871
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.857kg, 448 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.667kg, 448 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics, Semantics and Pragmatics
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    Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP 1988). In Dimensions of Register Variation he gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali. Using the multi-dimensional analytical framework employed in his earlier work, Biber carries out a principled comparison of both synchronic and diachronic patterns of variation across the four languages. Striking similarities as well as differences emerge, allowing Biber to predict for the first time cross-linguistic universals of register variation. This major new work will provide the foundation for the further investigation of cross-linguistic universals governing the pattern of discourse variation across registers, and will be of wide interest to any scholar interested in style, register and literacy.

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    "The book is well edited, very readable, and does not assume familiarity with sampling methods in corpus linguistics. It has a detailed table of contents and a helpful index." James K. Watters, Notes on Linguistics

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