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Chapter 8 - Discussion: Feature Space and Geographical Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2019

Axel Bohmann
Axel Bohmann
Affiliation:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
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Summary

This chapter returns to the empirical, theoretical, and methodological questions raised in Chapters 2 and 3. It summarizes the descriptive picture that emerges from the ten dimensions developed in the analysis and puts the space of variation in the present study into systematic theoretical relation to the extant literature. The influence of variety and register in accounting for linguistic variation is addressed, followed by an assessment of the descriptive utility provided by different World Englishes models. A critical perspective on the relative predictive weakness of variety compared to register when accounting for the total amount of variation in the data rounds off the chapter.

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World EnglishesCircles ModelDynamic Modelregister
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Variation in English Worldwide
Registers and Global Varieties
 , pp. 173 - 190
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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