Geoffrey N. Leech

Stig Johansson

Edward Finegan

Douglas Biber

Susan Conrad

The completely redesigned Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar. GSWE describes the structural characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference grammars. But GSWE is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing the patterns of language use for each grammatical feature, based on empirical analyses of grammatical patterns in a 40-million-word corpus of spoken and written registers. Grammar-in-use is characterized by three inter-related kinds of information: frequency of grammatical features in spoken and written registers, frequencies of the most common lexico-grammatical patterns, and analysis of the discourse factors influencing choices among related grammatical features. GSWE includes over 350 tables and figures highlighting the results of corpus-based investigations. Throughout the book, authentic examples illustrate all research findings. The empirical descriptions document the lexico-grammatical features that are especially common in face-to-face-conversation compared to those that are especially common in academic writing. Analyses of fiction and newspaper articles are included as further benchmarks of language use. GSWE contains over 6,000 authentic examples from these four registers, illustrating the range of lexico-grammatical features in real-world speech and writing. In addition, comparisons between British and American English reveal specific regional differences. Now completely redesigned and available in an electronic edition, the Grammar of Spoken and Written English remains a unique and indispensable reference work for researchers, language teachers, and students alike.

Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Knut Hofland

Word Frequencies in British and American English

Frequency Analysis of English Vocabulary and Grammar: Tag combinations and word combinations

Anne-Line Graedler

engelske lånord i norsk

Anglisismeordboka

Hvordan blir norsk språk påvirket av engelsk? Er det norske språket truet av engelsk? Slike spørsmål var utgangspunkt for prosjektet "Engelsk i norsk språk og samfunn" ved Institutt for britiske og amerikanske studier, UiO. Boken presenterer resultater fra forskning på en lettfattelig måte. Et par kapitler ser på utviklingen i et historisk perspektiv: Hvordan har engelsk utviklet seg fra å være et lite språk med nokså få brukere for 500 år siden, til å bli et verdensspråk i dag? Hvilken rolle spiller engelsk i dag? Hvordan har engelsk og norsk påvirket hverandre i løpet av historien? Hoveddelen av boken undersøker bruken av engelske låneord i norsk: På hvilke områder er den engelske påvirkningen størst? Hvem bruker engelske låneord, og hvorfor? Hvordan tilpasses de engelske låneordene til det norske språksystemet? Hvordan uttales, skrives og bøyes låneord?

om engelsk i norsk språk og samfunn

Rocka, hipt og snacksy

Signe Oksefjell

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the development and use of bilingual and multilingual corpora. As Karin Aijmer writes in this book, 'The contrastive or comparative perspective ... makes it possible to dig deeper and to ask new questions about the relationship between languages with the aim of sharpening our conceptions of cross-linguistic correspondences and adding to our knowledge of the languages compared.' The papers in this volume are a showcase of the great variety of purposes to which bilingual and multilingual corpora can be put. They do not only lend themselves to descriptive and applied approaches, but are also suitable for theory-oriented studies. The range of linguistic phenomena covered by the various approaches is very wide; the papers focus on fields of research like syntax, discourse, semantics, information structure, lexis, and translation studies. The range of languages studied comprises English, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch, and Portuguese. In addition to purely linguistic papers, there are contributions on computer programs developed for the compilation and use of bilingual and multilingual corpora.

Theory, Method and Case Studies

Corpora and Cross-linguistic Research

Through electronic corpora we can observe patterns which we were unaware of before or only vaguely glimpsed. The availability of multilingual corpora has led to a renewal of contrastive studies. We gain new insight into similarities and differences between languages, at the same time as the characteristics of each language are brought into relief. The present book focuses on the work in building and using the English-Norwegian Parallel Corpus and the Oslo Multilingual Corpus. Case studies are reported on lexis, grammar, and discourse. A concluding chapter sums up problems and prospects of corpus-based contrastive studies, including applications in lexicography, translator training, and foreign-language teaching. Though the main focus is on English and Norwegian, the approach should be of interest more generally for corpus-based contrastive research and for language studies in general. Seeing through corpora we can see through language.

On the Use of Corpora in Contrastive Studies

Seeing Through Multilingual Corpora

Theory, Method, and Case Studies

Stig Johansson

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