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Corpora and Complexity in English Language Research: Essays in Honor of William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. book cover

1st Edition

Corpora and Complexity in English Language Research Essays in Honor of William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.

Edited By Allison Burkette, Becky Childs, Susan Tamasi Copyright 2027
200 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection showcases the groundbreaking achievements of William A. Kretzschmar’s work in sociolinguistics, text and corpus studies, and lexical studies, highlighting both his enduring legacy within the discipline and unique insights into language use and how we study language more broadly. The volume is organized around the three key thematic strands underpinning Kretzschmar’s career, with... Read more

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms and abbreviations

 

Introduction

            Allison Burkette, Becky Childs, Susan Tamasi

 

Part 1: Linguistic Atlas Studies

1. Semantics and pragmatics meet the LAP: Attitudes in action

Dennis R. Preston

 

2. The Geographical and Social Distribution of ain’t in the Linguistic Atlas

Project

Lamont Antieau

 

3. Word Lore: the Case of Shakerag

Claiborne Rice

 

4. Linguistic Atlas Project fieldworker comments and their connection to

the material world

Allison Burkette

 

Part 2: Corpus Linguistics

5. Looking for the Smoking Gun’: Kretzschmar’s Take on Forensic Corpus

Analysis

Marianne Mason

 

6. Keep Calm and Vape On: Representations of E-Cigarettes in US and UK Press

Katherine Ireland

 

7. Complexity in American editorial discourse: Collocation and discourse

around immigrants

Michael Olsen

 

8. . “To the Curious in Fish Sauce”: shopping lists, family quarrels and lexical sociolinguistics

Laura Wright

 

Part 3: Complexity

9. Dialect boundaries from a complex systems perspective

Edgar W. Schneider

 

10. Evidence-of and evidence-for: A methodological reflection

Michael Adams

 

11. Complexity Theory and Linguistic Perceptions: Evidence from Polish and American Dialects

Paulina Bounds

 

12. Fresh perspectives on sociolinguistic prosody: A complex systems

approach to f0 analysis in semi-spontaneous speech

Rachel Miller Olsen

 

13. Lessons from the Linguistic Atlas Project in the documentation of language variation in Kriolu

Marlyse Baptista

 

14. Language Variation in Early 20th Century Rural Utah

Joseph A. Stanley & Hallie Davidson

Index

 

 

 

Biography

Allison Burkette is Professor of Linguistics and Associate Dean for Graduate Education at the University of Kentucky. She is also the Editor of the Linguistic Atlas Project, the oldest and most expansive survey of American English to date. Her research areas include language variation and change, American English dialects, and language and material culture.

Becky Childs is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Letters at James Madison University.

Susan Tamasi is Teaching Professor and Director of the Linguistics Program at Emory University. Her research focuses on language variation & change as well as attitudes toward English dialects. She also studies communication as a fundamental part of healthcare.

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