Perspectives on Variation
：Sociolinguistic, Historical, Comparative
( Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM )
Publication subTitle ：Sociolinguistic, Historical, Comparative
Publication series ：Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs TiLSM
Author： Nicole Delbecque Johan van der Auwera Dirk Geeraerts
Publisher： De Gruyter Mouton
Publication year： 2005
E-ISBN: 9783110909579
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110182842
Subject： H0-09 history of language and linguistics history
Keyword： Variation (Language)
Language： ENG
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Description
The significant advances witnessed over the last years in the broad field of linguistic variation testify to a growing convergence between sociolinguistic approaches and the somewhat older historical and comparative research traditions. Particularly within cognitive and functional linguistics, the evolution towards a maximally dynamic approach to language goes hand in hand with a renewed interest in corpus research and quantitative methods of analysis. Many researchers feel that only in this way one can do justice to the complex interaction of forces and factors involved in linguistic variability, both synchronically and diachronically.
The contributions to this volume illustrate the ongoing evolution of the field. By bringing together a series of analyses that rely on extensive corpuses to shed light on sociolinguistic, historical, and comparative forms of variation, the volume highlights the interaction between these subfields.
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