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Members of ISLE can choose to create a brief profile of their current research activities for publication on our website. Each profile may contain up to 5 'themes', and each theme may include any number of keywords.
We aim for this page to be a showcase of research in English Linguistics. It will enable members to get in touch with others working on related research topics.
Variation and Change in English
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
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.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ans-Van-Kemenade
- Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ans-Van-Kemenade
- Expires after: 30-09-2028
- Keywords: Information Structure,Discourse-pragmatic,Syntax,Diachronic Variation,Diachronic Linguistics
Letter writing in Late Modern English
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
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
Research on the evolution of verbal agreement with collective nouns in British English in recent diachrony.
- Website: https://lvtc.uvigo.es/agreeindiatopy
- Expires after: 01-06-2027
- Keywords: Corpus Linguistics,Diachronic Variation,Morphology,Syntax,Nouns,Agreement
Recent change
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.
- Website: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/157756869/Explanatory_so_pre_publication_.pdf
- Expires after: 01-01-2026
- Keywords: Discourse-pragmatic,Diachronic Variation,Recent Change,Prescriptivism,Syntax