The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity
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The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity

Theoretical Foundation, Descriptive Research Findings, Application

Douglas Biber, Bethany Gray, Shelley Staples, Jesse Egbert

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The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity

Theoretical Foundation, Descriptive Research Findings, Application

Douglas Biber, Bethany Gray, Shelley Staples, Jesse Egbert

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About This Book

This collection brings together the authors' previous research with new work on the Register-Functional (RF) approach to grammatical complexity, offering a unified theoretical account for its further study.

The book traces the development of the RF approach from its foundations in two major research strands of linguistics: the study of sociolinguistic variation and the text-linguistic study of register variation. Building on this foundation, the authors demonstrate the RF framework at work across a series of corpus-based research studies focused specifically on grammatical complexity in English. The volume highlights early work exploring patterns of grammatical complexity in present-day spoken and written registers as well as subsequent studies which extend this research to historical patterns of register variation and the application of RF research to the study of writing development for L1 and L2 English university students. Taken together, along with the addition of introductory chapters connecting the different studies, the volume offers readers with a comprehensive resource to better understand the RF approach to grammatical complexity and its implications for future research.

The volume will appeal to students and scholars with research interests in either descriptive linguistics or applied linguistics, especially those interested in grammatical complexity and empirical, corpus-based approaches.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000481976
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Permissions
  10. Part I The Register-Functional Perspective on Complexity
  11. Part II Descriptive Linguistic Studies of Synchronic Patterns
  12. Part III Descriptive Linguistic Studies of Diachronic Patterns
  13. Part IV Applied Research
  14. Part V Conclusion
  15. References
  16. Index
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APA 6 Citation

Biber, D., Gray, B., Staples, S., & Egbert, J. (2021). The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3122348/the-registerfunctional-approach-to-grammatical-complexity-theoretical-foundation-descriptive-research-findings-application-pdf (Original work published 2021)

Chicago Citation

Biber, Douglas, Bethany Gray, Shelley Staples, and Jesse Egbert. (2021) 2021. The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/3122348/the-registerfunctional-approach-to-grammatical-complexity-theoretical-foundation-descriptive-research-findings-application-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Biber, D. et al. (2021) The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3122348/the-registerfunctional-approach-to-grammatical-complexity-theoretical-foundation-descriptive-research-findings-application-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Biber, Douglas et al. The Register-Functional Approach to Grammatical Complexity. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2021. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.