Grammatical variation in british english dialects: a study in corpus-based dialectometry
Auteur :
Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107515772
Date de publication :
26 mars 2015
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
350 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
An exploration of grammatical differences between British English dialects, drawing on authentic speech data collected in over thirty counties. The book presents a new approach known as 'corpus-based dialectometry', which focuses on the joint quantitative measurement of dozens of grammatical features to gauge regional differences.