Variation In English Worldwide: Registers And Global Varieties Hardcover

Axel Bohmann

World Englishes is one of the most active fields of present day linguistic research. This book provides a comprehensive overview of variation in English across the globe, by analysing a large corpus of texts from the English speaking world. The analysis draws on a larger number of individual texts and linguistic features than previous studies have done. It includes a systematic comparison of the influence of register and national variety on variation in English world-wide, and explores patterns of variation in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The results provide a testing ground for theoretical models, and highlight the importance of register in mediating linguistic differences across national varieties

9781108485456

English

Cambridge University Press

31 January 2020

182

Axel Bohmann is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg