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Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory

ISSN: 1613-7035

Edited by: Stefanie Wulff

Founded by: Stefan Th. Gries, Anatol Stefanowitsch

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Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (CLLT) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality original corpus-based research focusing on theoretically relevant issues in all core areas of linguistic research, or other recognized topic areas. It provides a forum for researchers from different theoretical backgrounds and different areas of interest that share a commitment to the systematic and exhaustive analysis of naturally occurring language. Contributions from all theoretical frameworks are welcome but they should be addressed at a general audience and thus be explicit about their assumptions and discovery procedures and provide sufficient theoretical background to be accessible to researchers from different frameworks.

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Quantitative Linguistics
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Volume 19 Issue 1

February 2023

Publicly Available February 7, 2023

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December 12, 2022

Register variation and corpus linguistics: empirical findings and emerging theories. Special issue introduction of Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory in honor of Douglas Biber

Jesse Egbert, Bethany Gray, Tove Larsson

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November 25, 2022

Register in corpus linguistics: the role and legacy of Douglas Biber

Susan Conrad

Page range: 7-21

Abstract

This article provides an overview of Douglas Biber’s work on register and his central role in establishing register as both an empirical focus and a theoretical construct in corpus linguistics. I identity four general phases of his work. Each has a slightly different emphasis, but each also advances intertwined threads of research that lead to an increased understanding of register variation. Biber’s work has made major contributions to distinct areas within the study of registers, from cross-linguistic speech-writing differences to English grammar, but he has advanced the field especially by integrating the findings from different areas. He has offered conceptualizations of register that account for findings from multiple areas of study, and he continues to refine the conceptualization as he engages in new lines of inquiry today.

Open Access November 25, 2022

Clausal and phrasal coordination in recent American English

Merja Kytö, Erik Smitterberg

Page range: 23-46

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Several studies have shown that there is considerable cross-genre variation as regards what linguistic units tend to be coordinated by and . While literate, expository writing favors coordination of phrasal units such as noun phrases, coordinated units are more often clausal (e.g., main or subordinate clauses) in speech-related texts. This difference has been attested in studies that focus exclusively on coordination as well as in macro-level studies of co-variation among a large number of linguistic features. However, this register differentiation has increased over time: studies of Early and Late Modern English point to less pronounced differences among registers than those attested in the present-day language. This study fills a gap in research by considering data on coordination by and from the middle of the 20th century, a period that does not belong fully to either Late Modern or Present-Day English, and the late 20th and early 21st century, and thus ties diachronic and synchronic research on register variation in coordination together. We also examine language from films and television in order to complement historical findings for speech-related language with data on registers that arose in the 20th century.

Open Access January 2, 2023

Register variation explains stylometric authorship analysis

Jack Grieve

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For centuries, investigations of disputed authorship have shown that people have unique styles of writing. Given sufficient data, it is generally possible to distinguish between the writings of a small group of authors, for example, through the multivariate analysis of the relative frequencies of common function words. There is, however, no accepted explanation for why this type of stylometric analysis is successful. Authorship analysts often argue that authors write in subtly different dialects, but the analysis of individual words is not licensed by standard theories of sociolinguistic variation. Alternatively, stylometric analysis is consistent with standard theories of register variation. In this paper, I argue that stylometric methods work because authors write in subtly different registers. To support this claim, I present the results of parallel stylometric and multidimensional register analyses of a corpus of newspaper articles written by two columnists. I demonstrate that both analyses not only distinguish between these authors but identify the same underlying patterns of linguistic variation. I therefore propose that register variation, as opposed to dialect variation, provides a basis for explaining these differences and for explaining stylometric analyses of authorship more generally.

Open Access November 3, 2022

A variationist perspective on the comparative complexity of four registers at the intersection of mode and formality

Benedikt Szmrecsanyi, Alexandra Engel

Page range: 79-113

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In this paper, we operationalize register differences at the intersection of formality and mode, and distinguish four broad register categories: spoken informal (conversations), spoken formal (parliamentary debates), written informal (blogs), and written formal (newspaper articles). We are specifically interested in the comparative probabilistic/variationist complexity of these registers – when speakers have grammatical choices, are the probabilistic grammars regulating these choices more or less complex in particular registers than in others? Based on multivariate modeling of richly annotated datasets covering three grammatical alternations in two languages (English and Dutch), we assess the complexity of probabilistic grammars by drawing on three criteria: (a) the number of constraints on variant choice, (b) the number of interactions between constraints, and (c) the relative importance of lexical conditioning. Analysis shows that contrary to theorizing in variationist sociolinguistics, probabilistic complexity differences between registers are not quantitatively simple: formal registers are consistently the most complex ones, while spoken registers are the least complex ones. The most complex register under study is written-formal quality newspaper writing. We submit that the complexity differentials we uncover are a function of acquisitional difficulty, of on-line processing limitations, and of normative pressures.

October 18, 2022

Linguistic variation within registers: granularity in textual units and situational parameters

Jesse Egbert, Marianna Gracheva

Page range: 115-143

Abstract

Register studies have focused on accounting for linguistic variation between culturally recognized register categories. This comparative approach to register has consistently demonstrated that culturally recognized register categories can predict language variation at all linguistic levels. Nevertheless, it has also been shown by previous research that even the most well-established register categories have substantial internal linguistic variation. We propose that at least some of this unexplained variance could be the result of how a text is defined, as well as whether and how researchers account for situational variables within registers. We present four case studies that explore the extent to which linguistic variation within registers is influenced by the definition of the textual unit and the situational parameters. We show that the functional correspondence between situation and language use exists even within register categories and discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of these findings for register research.

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Volume 19 (2023)

Issue 1 Special Issue: Register variation and corpus linguistics: Empirical findings and emerging theories Papers in honor of Doug Biber; Guest Editors: Jesse Egbert, Bethany Gray and Tove Larsson

Volume 18 (2022)

Volume 17 (2021)

Volume 16 (2020)

Volume 15 (2019)

Volume 14 (2018)

Volume 13 (2017)

Volume 12 (2016)

Volume 11 (2015)

Volume 10 (2014)

Volume 9 (2013)

Volume 8 (2012)

Volume 7 (2011)

Volume 6 (2010)

Volume 5 (2009)

Volume 4 (2008)

Volume 3 (2007)

Volume 2 (2006)

Volume 1 (2005)

5-year Impact Factor	2.333
Cite Score	3.9
European Reference Index for the Humanities
Impact Factor	2.143
Journal Citation Indicator	2.22
SCImago Journal Rank	0.723
Source Normalized Impact per Paper	2.475

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Editorial

Editor-in-Chief
Stefanie Wulff
Linguistics Department
University of Florida
4015 Turlington Hall, P.O. Box 115454
Gainesville, Florida 32611-5454
USA
e-mail: swulff@ufl.edu

Founding Editors
Stefan Th. Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (now General Editor)
Anatol Stefanowitsch, Free University of Berlin, Germany

Editorial Board
Harald Baayen (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Alvin Chen (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
Jesse Egbert (Northern Arizona University, USA)
Susanne Flach (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Martin Hilpert (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Anke Lüdeling (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)
Stewart McCauley (the University of Iowa, USA)
Magali Paquot (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Florent Perek (University of Birmingham, UK)
Anna Theakston (University of Manchester, UK)
Amir Zeldes (Georgetown University, USA)

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Online ISSN: 1613-7035
Print ISSN: 1613-7027
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
First published: May 20, 2005
Publication Frequency: 3 Issues per Year
Audience: Researchers from different theoretical backgrounds and with different areas of interest that share a commitment to the systematic and exhaustive analysis of naturally occurring language