Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English

by Quirk, Randolph

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Title Statements

Full title :Grammatical and Lexical Variance in English.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

Notes

Written by one of Britain''s most distinguished linguists, this book is concerned with the phenomenon of variance in English grammar and vocabulary across regional, social, stylistic and temporal space.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (231 pages)

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ISBN:9781317890812, 1317890817, 9781317890805, 1317890809, 9781315843087, 1315843080
oclc:ocn891447291
LC Classification:PE1074.7 .Q57 2014
Dewey Decimal:427

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Variance in English: the global context; Chapter 2 Variance and the concept of good usage; Chapter 3 Language varieties and standard language; Chapter 4 Language spread and language variation; Chapter 5 Linguistic variance: nature and art; Chapter 6 Orwell and language engineering; Chapter 7 Exploring the English genitive: a tribute to Jespersen; Chapter 8 A case study of multiple meaning; Chapter 9 Non-finite clauses in Chaucer; Chapter 10 On having a look in a corpus.

Chapter 11 The Survey of English Usage and adverbial realisationsChapter 12 Grammatical data by elicitation; Chapter 13 A problem of modality; Chapter 14 Acceptability experiments in spoken English; Chapter 15 A tough object to trace; Chapter 16 Activating latent contrasts; Chapter 17 Contrasts in lexical semantics; Chapter 18 Aspect and variant inflexion; Chapter 19 Taking a deep smell: sex and a single verb; References.