{"product_id":"comparative-variation-analysis-grammatical-alternations-in-world-englishes-hardback-9781108491563","title":"Comparative Variation Analysis; Grammatical Alternations in World Englishes (Hardback) 9781108491563","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComparative Variation Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGrammatical Alternations in World Englishes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis pioneering book introduces cutting-edge methods for examining the grammatical choices made by speakers of English around the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenedikt Szmrecsanyi (Author), Jason Grafmiller (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108491563, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages\u003cbr\u003e28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.594 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVariation studies is an increasingly popular area in linguistics, becoming embedded in curriculum design, conferences, and research. However, the field is at risk of fragmenting into different research communities with different foci. This pioneering book addresses this by establishing a canon of state-of-the-art quantitative methods to analyze grammatical variation from a comparative perspective. It explains how to use these methods to investigate large datasets in a responsible fashion, providing a blueprint for applying techniques from corpus linguistics, variationist, and dialectometric traditions in novel ways. It specifically explores the scope and limits of syntactic variability in a global language such as English, and investigates three grammatical alternations in nine varieties of English, exploring what we can learn about the grammatical choices that people make based on both observational and experimental data. Comprehensive yet accessible, it will be of interest to academic researchers and students of sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics, and World Englishes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Grammatical and syntactic variation\u003cbr\u003e 3. World Englishes and dialect typology\u003cbr\u003e 4. The data\u003cbr\u003e 5. Alternation-by-alternation analysis\u003cbr\u003e 6. Distances, similarities, and coherence\u003cbr\u003e 7. Experimental corroboration\u003cbr\u003e 8. Where are we now, and where to next?.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46639994568984,"sku":"9781108491563","price":87.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108491563i_5ad6a151-a306-437f-bbe7-3e50b2853193.jpg?v=1696706679","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comparative-variation-analysis-grammatical-alternations-in-world-englishes-hardback-9781108491563","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}