Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the ‘life cycle’ of linguistic variability in English using data sources that r

This volume explores how the patterning of surface variation can shed light on the grammatical representation of variable phenomena. The authors explore variati

Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the 'life cycle' of linguistic variability in English using data sources that range

Recent work in applied linguistics has expanded our understanding of the rule governed nature of language. The concept of an idealized speaker -hearer whose lin

Linguistic variation is a topic of ongoing interest to the field. Its description and its explanations continue to intrigue scholars from many different backgro