Sociolinguistic perspectives on register
by Biber, Douglas Finegan, Edward
This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use - what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. Highlighting the importance of register variation, the volume includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The authors treat languages in obsolescence and in their youth; examine registers in languages fr…
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- Full title :Sociolinguistic perspectives on register / edited by Douglas Biber, Edward Finegan.
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This collection brings together several perspectives on language varieties defined according to their contexts of use - what are variously called registers, sublanguages, or genres. Highlighting the importance of register variation, the volume includes empirical analyses and linguistic descriptions, as well as explanations for existing patterns of variation and proposals for theoretical frameworks. The authors treat languages in obsolescence and in their youth; examine registers in languages from around the globe; and, adopting both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, studies of registers and register variation published to date.
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- Publication Date:1994.
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1994.
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- Description:1 online resource (x, 385 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1423738853, 9781423738855, 0195359321, 9780195359329, 9780195083644, 0195083644
- oclc:ocn191937103
- LC Classification:P302.815
- Dewey Decimal:306.4/4
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