none 10.1075/scl.9.04far John Benjamins Publishing Company John Benjamins Publishing Company 1757 67874322 1420981 1420924 202507030806000001 10.1075 2025-07-03T06:04:53Z 2014-03-24T08:10:30Z 35 1388-0373 10.1075/scl https://benjamins.com/ catalog/scl Randi Reppen Northern Arizona University https://ror.org/0272j5188 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5657-9195 Susan Fitzmaurice Northern Arizona University https://ror.org/0272j5188 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8804-1987 Douglas Biber Northern Arizona University https://ror.org/0272j5188 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-505X Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered: variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation across dialects or registers. Part 1: “Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features” focuses on the study of specific words, expressions, or grammatical constructions, to study variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature. Part 2: “Exploring dialect and register variation” describes salient characteristics of dialects or registers and the patterns of variation across varieties. Part 3: “Exploring Historical Variation” applies these same two major perspectives to historical variation. One recurring theme is the extent to which linguistic variation depends on register differences, reflecting the importance of register as a key methodological and thematic concern in current corpus linguistic research. 9 11 29 2002 10 21 2008 9789027222794 9781588112835 9789027296160 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam 10.1075/scl.9 http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027296160 https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/scl.9/html https://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/9789027296160.pdf Fiona Farr University of Limerick, Ireland https://ror.org/00a0n9e72 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3800-1837 Anne O'Keeffe University of Limerick, Ireland https://ror.org/00a0n9e72 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-7258 An intra-varietal comparison of institutionalised spoken interaction 11 29 2002 10 21 2008 25 48 10.1075/scl.9.04far https://benjamins.com/catalog/scl.9.04far https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1075/scl.9.04far/html