Contrastive register variation : a quantitative approach to the comparison of English and German / Stella Neumann.

The book provides the first comparison of usage preferences across registers in the language pair English-German. Due to the innovative quantitative approach and broad coverage, the volume is an excellent resource for scholars working in contrastive linguistics and translation studies as well as for...

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Main Author: Neumann, Stella, 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 251.
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245 1 0 |a Contrastive register variation :  |b a quantitative approach to the comparison of English and German /  |c Stella Neumann. 
264 1 |a Berlin :  |b De Gruyter Mouton,  |c 2013. 
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490 1 |a Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;  |v 251 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a Acknowledgements; List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1 The concept of variation in linguistics; 2 Goal of the study; 3 Methodology for the investigation of variation; 4 Organisation of the study; Part 1: Theoretical foundations; Chapter 2. State of the art; 1 Texts: a view on text linguistics; 2 Register: situating texts in the language system; 3 Variation: comparing linguistic systems; 3.1 Contrastive linguistics -; 3.2 Lexico-grammatical variation across languages -; 3.3 Register variation across languages. 
505 8 |a 4 Translation: influences from language mediation4.1 Register analysis in translation studies -; 4.2 Translation properties -; 5 Envoi; Chapter 3. On empirical methods in linguistics; 1 Conceptual and methodological links between linguistics and social sciences; 2 Empirical methods; 2.1 Qualitative and quantitative approaches; 2.2 From abstract concepts to observable features; 3 Quality criteria for empirical research; 4 Limits of cross-linguistic empirical research; 5 Summary; Chapter 4. Indicators of register classification; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain. 
505 8 |a 1.2 Goal orientation2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Agentive roles; 2.2 Social role relationship; 2.3 Social distance; 2.4 Appraisal; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Channel; 3.3 Medium; 4 Summary; Part 2: Empirical analysis; Chapter 5. Research design; 1 The corpus; 1.1 Design; 1.2 Enrichment; 2 Exploiting the corpus; 2.1 Query tools; 2.2 Statistics; 3 Corpus contrasts; 3.1 Overview of the contrasts; 3.2 Relative register values; 4 Hypotheses; 4.1 Language-internal variation in originals; 4.2 Cross-linguistic variation in originals; 4.3 Variation between originals and translations. 
505 8 |a 5 SummaryChapter 6. English intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 7. German intralingual register variation; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 8. Cross-linguistic register comparison; 1 Field of discourse. 
505 8 |a 1.1 Experiential domain1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 9. Variation between originals and translations; 1 Field of discourse; 1.1 Experiential domain; 1.2 Goal orientation; 2 Tenor of discourse; 2.1 Social role relationship; 2.2 Social distance; 3 Mode of discourse; 3.1 Language role; 3.2 Medium; 4 Summary; Chapter 10. Insights on register variation; 1 Variation in the CroCo registers; 1.1 Variation in the English registers. 
520 |a The book provides the first comparison of usage preferences across registers in the language pair English-German. Due to the innovative quantitative approach and broad coverage, the volume is an excellent resource for scholars working in contrastive linguistics and translation studies as well as for corpus linguists. 
546 |a In English. 
600 1 7 |a Deutsch, ...  |2 gnd 
650 0 |a Register (Linguistics) 
650 0 |a Contrastive linguistics. 
650 0 |a Language and languages  |x Variation. 
650 0 |a German language  |x Grammar, Comparative  |x English. 
650 0 |a English language  |x Grammar, Comparative  |x German. 
650 0 |a Corpora (Linguistics) 
650 7 |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES  |x Grammar & Punctuation.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES  |x Linguistics  |x Syntax.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Contrastive linguistics  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Corpora (Linguistics)  |2 fast 
650 7 |a English language  |x Grammar, Comparative  |x German  |2 fast 
650 7 |a German language  |x Grammar, Comparative  |x English  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Language and languages  |x Variation  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Register (Linguistics)  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Englisch  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Register  |g Linguistik  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Sprachvariante  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Kontrastive Linguistik  |2 gnd 
650 7 |a Korpus  |g Linguistik  |2 gnd 
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