Grammatical Complexity in Academic English: Linguistic Change in Writing
Author:   Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) ,  Bethany Gray (Iowa State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781108712958


Pages:   291
Publication Date:   21 March 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Douglas Biber (Northern Arizona University) ,  Bethany Gray (Iowa State University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   4.200kg
ISBN:  

9781108712958


ISBN 10:   1108712959
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   21 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Academic writing: challenging the stereotypes; 2. Using corpora to analyze grammatical change; 3. Phrasal versus clausal discourse styles: a synchronic grammatical description of academic writing contrasted with other registers; 4. The historical evolution of phrasal discourse styles in academic writing; 5. The functional extension of phrasal grammatical features in academic writing; 6. The loss of explicitness in academic research writing; 7. Conclusion.

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'This book is most useful for linguists or academic scholars interested in language change, textual features (especially as those features intersect with communicative or social functions), and/or corpus-based research.' Jessie Sams, Linguist List


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Douglas Biber is Regents' Professor of Applied Linguistics in the English Department at Northern Arizona University. Bethany Gray is Assistant Professor of English (Applied Linguistics and Technology) at Iowa State University.

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