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Change in contemporary English : = a grammatical study /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Change in contemporary English :/ Geoffrey Leech [and others].
Reminder of title:	a grammatical study /
Author:	Leech, Geoffrey N.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxviii, 341 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Corpora (Linguistics) -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511642210
ISBN:	9780511642210 (ebook)

Change in contemporary English : = a grammatical study /
Leech, Geoffrey N.,

Change in contemporary English :a grammatical study /Geoffrey Leech [and others]. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 341 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Studies in English language. - Studies in English language..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : 'grammar-blindness' in the recent history of English? -- Comparative corpus linguistics : the methodological basis of this book -- The subjunctive mood -- The modal auxiliaries -- the so-called semi-modals -- The progressive -- The passive voice -- Take or have a look at a corpus? Expanded predicates in British and American English -- Non-finite clauses -- The noun phrase -- Linguistic and other determinants of change.

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 and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' of corpora, supplemented by a range of other corpus materials, both written and spoken, drawn mainly from the later twentieth century. Among the matters receiving particular attention are the influence of American English on British English, the role of the press, the 'colloquialization' of written English, and a wide range of grammatical topics, including the modal auxiliaries, progressive, subjunctive, passive, genitive and relative clauses. These subjects build an overall picture of how English grammar is changing, and the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this process.

ISBN: 9780511642210 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

566152
Corpora (Linguistics)

LC Class. No.: P128.C68 / L43 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 425

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