Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of …
Grammaticalization refers to the change whereby lexical terms and constructions serve grammatical functions in certain linguistic contexts and, once grammaticalized, continue to …
Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected …
SA Tagliamonte - The handbook of language variation and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter demonstrates comparative sociolinguistic methodology using case studies from two research programs. The first involves tracking the origins of African American Vernacular …
What is the mechanism by which a linguistic change advances across successive generations of speakers? We explore this question by using the model of incrementation …
We use the variationist method to elucidate the expression of future time in English, examining multiple grammaticalization in the same domain (will and going to). Usage …
SA Tagliamonte, D Denis - Journal of english Linguistics, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines general extenders (GEs) in the English spoken in Toronto, Canada, using a 1.2-million-word corpus stratified by age, sex, and education. Employing quantitative …
On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort …
C Mair - Corpus approaches to grammaticalization in English, 2004 - torrossa.com
The general points made are illustrated with data provided in the digitally accessible quotation base of the OED. On the basis of the evidence, I propose a distinction between two …