Dimensions of Register Variation

A Cross-Linguistic Comparison

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Hardcover | 30 October 1995

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Douglas Biber's new book extends and refines the research and methodology reported in his ground breaking Variation Across Speech and Writing (CUP 1988). In Dimensions of Register Variation he gives a linguistic analysis of register in four widely differing languages: English, Nukulaelae Tuvaluan, Korean, and Somali. Using the multi-dimensional analytical framework employed in his earlier work, Biber carries out a principled comparison of both synchronic and diachronic patterns of variation across the four languages. Striking similarities as well as differences emerge, allowing Biber to predict for the first time cross-linguistic universals of register variation. This major new work will provide the foundation for the further investigation of cross-linguistic universals governing the pattern of discourse variation across registers, and will be of wide interest to any scholar interested in style, register and literacy.

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"The book is well edited, very readable, and does not assume familiarity with sampling methods in corpus linguistics. It has a detailed table of contents and a helpful index." James K. Watters, Notes on Linguistics

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The comprehensive analysis of register variation
Sociocultural description of the four language situations
The linguistic bases of cross-linguistic register comparisons: a detailed quantitative comparison of English and Somali registers
Methodology
Multi-dimensional analyses of the four languages
Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: synchronic similarities and differences
Cross-linguistic patterns of register variation: diachronic similarities and differences
Registers and text types in English and Somali
Towards cross-linguistic universals of register variation
Appendices
Notes
References
Index
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