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Variation and Change in English

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Grammatical and phonological variation in past and present varieties of English; functional conditioning; based on linguistic corpora and text databases; with a focus on quantitative methodologies.

  • Expires after: 31-12-2030
  • Keywords: Alternations,Constraints On Variation,Corpus Linguistics,Diachronic Variation,Historical Linguistics,Language Change,Phonology,Quantitative Methods,Variationist Linguistics,World Englishes,Grammar

English verb-particle combinations

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Diachronic evolution of English verb-particle combinations

  • Expires after: 07-09-2029
  • Keywords: Phrasal Verb,Particle Verb,Diachronic Variation,Quantitative Methods

English historical syntax, in relation to Information Structure and Discourse.

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ans-Van-Kemenade

Letter writing in Late Modern English

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Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers. A window onto eighteenth-century life, literature and language

  • Website: https://www.maryhamiltonpapers.alc.manchester.ac.uk/about/
  • Expires after: 31-12-2027
  • Keywords: Grammar Writing,Historical Sociolinguistics,Language Attitudes,Diachronic Variation,Prescriptivism,Standardization,Variationist Linguistics,Corpus Linguistics,Historical Correspondence,Pragmatics,Social Network Analysis,Socio-historical Linguistics

Guyanese Creolese, Guyanese English and Education

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I am interested in the interaction of English and Creolese in Guyana, the boundaries between them, and the variation in English and creoles across the Caribbean.

  • Expires after: 01-12-2027
  • Keywords: Applied Linguistics,Diachronic Variation,Sociolinguistics,Variationist Linguistics,World Englishes,Pidgins And Creoles,Caribbean Englishes

Collective-Verb Agreement in British English - Agree in Diatopy

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Research on the evolution of verbal agreement with collective nouns in British English in recent diachrony.

Recent change

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Explaining a recent use of so in spoken British English, namely as a discourse marker conveying acceptance of an invitation to take the floor and give an explanation.