Grammatical Variation in British English Dialects
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Author | : Benedikt Szmrecsanyi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107003453 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107003458 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Grammatical Variation in British English Dialects by : Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Book excerpt: 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.