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Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward Finegan
[Not in series 232] 2021
► pp. 3–48

Chapter 1
Introduction

A corpus-based approach to English grammar

Article outline
  • 1.1Introduction
    • 1.1.1Major goals of the GSWE
  • 1.2Structure and use in English grammar
    • 1.2.1Register distribution
    • 1.2.2Lexico-grammatical patterns
    • 1.2.3Grammatical/discourse factors
  • 1.3Varieties of English
    • 1.3.1Registers of English
    • 1.3.2Dialect distinctions
    • 1.3.3Standard and non-standard English
      • 1.3.3.1Variation within standard English
      • 1.3.3.2Variation within non-standard English
    • 1.3.4The relative importance of register and dialect differences
  • 1.4Representation of varieties in the LSWE Corpus
    • 1.4.1Register distinctions in the LSWE Corpus
    • 1.4.2Dialect distinctions in the LSWE Corpus
    • 1.4.3Size of the LSWE Corpus
    • 1.4.4Representativeness and accuracy of the LSWE Corpus
  • 1.5Description of the register categories in the LSWE Corpus
    • 1.5.1Conversation
    • 1.5.2Fiction
    • 1.5.3News
    • 1.5.4Academic prose
    • 1.5.5Supplementary registers
  • 1.6Grammatical analysis of the LSWE Corpus
  • 1.7Quantitative findings in the grammar
  • 1.8Functional interpretation of quantitative findings
    • 1.8.1Function as the performance of tasks
    • 1.8.2Function as a reflection of processing constraints
    • 1.8.3Function as social or situational indexing
    • 1.8.4Other explanatory considerations
  • 1.9Overview of the grammar
  • 1.10Potential users and uses of the GSWE
Published online: 29 November 2021
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