Grammatical and lexical variance in English

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Grammatical and lexical variance in English

Randolph Quirk

Longman, 1995

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Grammatical & lexical variance in English

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Bibliography: p. 213-220

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Volume

: ppr ISBN 9780582253582

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Variance in English: the global context 2. Variance and the concept of good usage 3. Language varieties and standard language 4. Language spread and language variation 5. Linguistic variance: nature and art 6. Orwell and language engineering 7. Exploring the English genitive: a tribute to Jespersen 8. A case study of multiple meaning 9. Non-finite clauses in Chaucer 10. On having a look in a corpus 11. The Survey of English Usage and adverbial realisations 12. Grammatical data by elicitation 13. A problem of modality 14. Acceptability experiments in spoken English 15. A tough object to trace 16. Activating latent contrasts 17. Contrasts in lexical semantics 18. Aspect and variant inflexion 19. Taking a deep smell: sex and a single verb References Index
Volume

: csd ISBN 9780582253599

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This volume addresses the two extremes of grammatical and lexical variance. One is at the societal end of linguistic experience and the other concerns the more technical matter of the detailed specific and individual realisations of variation.

Table of Contents

  • Variance in English - the global context
  • variance and the concept of good usage
  • language varieties and standard language
  • language spread and language variation
  • linguistic variance - nature and art
  • Orwell and language engineering
  • exploring the English genitive - a tribute to Jespersen
  • a case study of multiple meaning
  • non-finite clauses in Chaucer
  • on having a look in a corpus
  • the survey of English usage and adverbial realizations
  • grammatical data by elicitation
  • a problem of modality
  • acceptability experiments in spoken English
  • a tough object to trace
  • activating latent contrasts
  • contrasts in lexical semantics
  • aspect and variant inflexion
  • taking a deep smell - sex and a single verb.

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