Author and register as sources of variation : A corpus-based study using elicited texts
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F20%3A10419234" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/20:10419234 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ZkqgF2peHv" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=ZkqgF2peHv</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ijcl.19020.cvr" target="_blank" >10.1075/ijcl.19020.cvr</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Author and register as sources of variation : A corpus-based study using elicited texts
Original language description
This paper investigates the contribution of author/idiolect vs. register/type-of-text - as the most salient factors influencing the final shape of a text - towards explaining the variation observed in Czech texts. Since it is almost impossible to explore the effect of these factors on authentic data, we used elicited letters collected in a fully crossed experimental design (representative sample of 200 authors x four elicitation scenarios serving as a proxy to register variation). The variation encompassed by the elicited texts is analyzed through the lens of a general-purpose multi-dimensional model of Czech. Using triangulation via three established statistical methods and one devised for the purpose of this study, we find that register matters a great deal, explaining 1.5 times as much variation overall as idiolect. This should be taken into account when designing research in sociolinguistics or variation studies in general.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Corpus Linguistics
ISSN
1384-6655
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
28
Pages from-to
461-488
UT code for WoS article
000593466500004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85097222152