Happy to see this paper out (open access) in the Journal of English Linguistics:
“Prototypicality of Register Texts: The Language and Communicative Situation of Central and Peripheral Exemplars”
doi.org/10.1177/0075...
#register #linguistics #prototypetheory
It shows that
a) texts within registers vary in their prototypicality;
b) linguistic deviations from the register central trend are always communicatively grounded;
Thanks @ijcl.bsky.social and @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy: I enjoyed the book and hope Textbook English reaches its (probably most important) audiences in language education.
#register #texttypes #genre
Recent chapters (co-authored w. Jesse Egbert) in Elsevier Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics:
1. Corpus Linguistics & Register
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
2. Register, Text Types, & Genre
doi.org/10.1016/B978...
Hope they're useful to those interested in #corpuslinguistics and #textanalysis!
Please help my friend spread the word about this competition--a project that's part of his PhD in #DigitalHumanities.