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Dimensions of Register Variation : A Cross-Linguistic Comparison, Paperback / softback Book

Dimensions of Register Variation : A Cross-Linguistic Comparison Paperback / softback

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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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