Analysing Variation in English

Brings together a range of perspectives on the collection, analysis and broader relevance of variable language data.

Introduction April McMahon and Warren Maguire; Part I. Investigating Variation in English: How Do We Know What We Know?: 1. Collecting data on phonology Erik R. Thomas; 2. How to make intuitions succeed: testing methods for analysing syntactic microvariation Isabelle Buchstaller and Karen Corrigan; 3. Corpora: capturing language in use Alexandra D'Arcy; 4. Hypothesis generation Hermann Moisl; 5. Quantifying relations between dialects Warren Maguire and April McMahon; 6. Perceptual dialectology Chris Montgomery and Joan Beal; Part II. Why Does it Matter? Variation and Other Fields: 7. Variation and linguistic theory Patrick Honeybone; 8. Variation and change Gregory R. Guy; 9. Variation and forensic linguistics Frances Rock; 10. Variation and identity Emma Moore; 11. Variation and populations Rob McMahon; 12. Variation and education Graeme Trousdale.