Multi-dimensional analysis, 25 years on a tribute to Douglas Biber /
This research describes a case study from engineering education that explores the potential for integrating Multi-Dimensional (MD) analysis into mixed methods research so that MD analyses can address more specific educational problems. The study investigates a specific problem in civil engineering:...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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| Series: | Studies in corpus linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
- Multi-Dimensional Analysis, 25 years on; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; References; Opening; Multi-Dimensional Analysis; References; Part 1. Multi-Dimensional analysis and synchronic analyses; A Multi-Dimensional analysis of regional variation in American English; 1. Introduction; 2. Corpus; 3. Variable selection; 4. Local spatial autocorrelation analysis; 5. Factor analysis; 5.1 Factor 1; 5.2 Factor 2; 5.3 Factor 3; 6. Discussion; References; Appendix.
- Dimensions of register variationin Brazilian Portuguese1. Introduction; 2. Methods; 3. Interpretation of the factors; 4. Discussion and conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix; 25 years later: Comparing Internetand pre-Internet registers; 1. Introduction; 2. Goals, methods, and research questions; 3. Adding the Internet registers to the pre-Internet register dimensions; 3.1 Dimension 1; 3.2 Dimension 2; 3.3 Dimension 3; 3.4 Dimension 4; 3.5 Dimension 5; 4. Comparing Internet and pre-Internet registers; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix.
- Part 2. Multi-Dimensional analysisand diachronic analysesDimensions of variation inNorth American movies; 1. Introduction; 2. Method and corpus; 2.1 The North American Movie Corpus (NAMC); 2.2 Situational variables; 2.3 MD analysis: An overview; 3. Findings; 3.1 Dimension 1: Focus on the expression of stance vs. focus on the expression of information; 3.2 Dimension 2: Spontaneous vs. non-spontaneous discourse; 3.3 Dimension 3: Focus on the expression arguments vs. focus on the reporting of events; 3.4 Dimension 4: Focus on attitudinal discourse.
- 3.5 Dimension 5: Situational vs. interpersonal focus3.6 Dimension 6: Focus on the expression of persuasion; 3.7 Dimension 7: Focus on the overt expression of characters' nature; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix 1; App endix 2; Dimension scores; Multi-Dimensional analysis of pop songs; 1. Introduction; 2. Goals and method; 3. Dimensions of variation in pop songs; 3.1 Lexico-grammatical dimensions; 3.1.1 Lexico-grammatical dimension 1: Persuasion; 3.1.2 Lexico-grammatical dimension 2: Interaction; 3.1.3 Lexico-grammatical dimension 3: Narrative concerns.
- 3.2 Semantic dimensions3.2.1 Semantic dimension 1: Personal action ; 3.2.2 Semantic dimension 2: Emotion and society ; 3.2.3 Semantic dimension 3: Musical reference; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix 2; Dimensions of variation in TIME magazine; 1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. Adding TIME to the 1988 dimensions; 4. TIME magazine's own dimensions; 5. Variation associated with external circumstances; 6. Text types; 7. Summary and conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Part 3. Multi-Dimensional Analysisand language learning; A Multi-Dimensional analysis of essay writing.