Corpus-Based Studies of Diachronic English by Roberta Facchinetti (English) Pape

Description: Corpus-Based Studies of Diachronic English by Roberta Facchinetti, Matti Rissanen Corpus-based studies of diachronic English have been thriving over the last three decades to such an extent that the validity of corpora in the enrichment of historical linguistic research is now undeniable. The present book is a collection of papers illustrating the state of the art in corpus-based research on diachronic English, by means of case-study expositions, software presentations, and theoretical discussions on the topic. The majority of these papers were delivered at the 25th Conference of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME), held at the University of Verona on 18-23 May 2004. A number of typological and geographical varieties of English are tackled in the book: from general to specialized English, from British to Australian English, from written to speech-related registers. In order to discuss their tenets, the contributors draw on corpora and dictionaries from different centuries, including the most recent ones; hence, they testify to the fact that past and present are so strongly interlocked and so inextricably entwined that it proves hard - if not preposterous - to fully understand Present-day English structure and features without turning back to the previous centuries for an in-depth knowledge of the whys and hows of the current state of the art. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography The Editors: Roberta Facchinetti is Professor of English at the University of Verona, Italy. Her research field and publications are mainly concerned with language description, textual analysis and pragmatics. This is done mostly by means of computerized corpora of both synchronic and diachronic English. Matti Rissanen is Emeritus Professor of English Philology at the University of Helsinki and a team leader in the Research Unit for the Study of Variation, Contacts and Change in English, at the same university. His research interests include long-term diachronic development of English syntax and grammatical vocabulary and the compilation of historical corpora. Table of Contents Contents: Roberta Facchinetti/Matti Rissanen: Introduction - Anne Curzan/Chris C. Palmer: The Importance of Historical Corpora, Reliability, and Reading - Johan van der Auwera/Martine Taeymans: More on the Ancestors of Need - Manfred Markus: Spotting Spoken Historical English: The Role of Alliteration in Middle English Fixed Expressions - Irma Taavitsainen/P Details ISBN3039108514 Pages 300 Publisher Peter Lang AG ISBN-10 3039108514 ISBN-13 9783039108510 Format Paperback Imprint Peter Lang AG Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Matti Rissanen DEWEY 025.0642 Birth 1967 Year 2006 Place of Publication Pieterlen Illustrations Illustrations Short Title CORPUS-BASED STUDIES OF DIACHR Language English Media Book Series Number 31 Series Linguistic Insights Publication Date 2006-04-05 DOI 10.1604/9783039108510 UK Release Date 2006-04-05 Author Matti Rissanen Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135243691;

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