Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Data Availability Statement
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grammatical and Syntactic Variation
- 3 World Englishes and Dialect Typology
- 4 The Data
- 5 Alternation-by-Alternation Analysis
- 6 Distances, Similarities, and Coherence
- 7 Experimental Corroboration
- 8 Where Are We Now, and Where to Next?
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 August 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Series Editor’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Data Availability Statement
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Grammatical and Syntactic Variation
- 3 World Englishes and Dialect Typology
- 4 The Data
- 5 Alternation-by-Alternation Analysis
- 6 Distances, Similarities, and Coherence
- 7 Experimental Corroboration
- 8 Where Are We Now, and Where to Next?
- References
- Index
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This chapter introduces the aims and structure of the book, familiarizes the reader with key concepts (variants and variables, probabilistic grammars, comparative sociolinguistics, regional variation, indigenization, etc.) and the various subfields of linguistics that are relevant, and sketches the design of the study.
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- Comparative Variation AnalysisGrammatical Alternations in World Englishes, pp. 1 - 11Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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