genre
etc.Wehaveaimedtoprovidesoundcorpusdescription
usinginferentialstatisticstogeneralizebeyondcorpusobservations
lookingatsingledependentvariablesatatime
andinterpretingtheÃndingsintheframeworkofareasonableandrobustusage-basedmodeloflanguagechange.Toavoidclutteringupthedescriptivechapters(Chaptersï³Ãï±ï±)withstatisticaldetailsthatmightobscurethemainÃndingsandlinesofargument
wehaveconsignedmanyofthestatisticaltablesanddiagrams
particularlythemorecomplexones
toAppendixIII.ThefourauthorsarejointlyresponsibleforthewholeworkinitsÃnalform;nevertheless
itmaybeofinteresttoknowwhichauthorstookparticularresponsibilityforwhichchapters.TheyarehereidentiÃedbytheirinitials:GL:ï²
ï´
ïµ
ï±ï°
ï±ï±;MH:ï³
ï·
ï¸
alsotheReferences;CM:ï±
ï¹;NS:ï¶
Appendices.Itshouldbeadded
however
thattherelativeinputofindividualauthorscanbynomeansbemeasuredinthisway.Thisistheappropriatepointtoacknowledgegratefullyourdebttothosewhohelpedusinvariousways;toMerjaKyt¬oasseriesGeneralEditor
andtoHelenBarton
editoratCambridgeUniversityPress
weoweagreatdealfortheirencouragement
supportandforbearance.Wealsoowemuchtotheresearchassistantswhohelpedusintheprocessingoftextualdata:LarsHinrichs
BarbaraKlein
Luminitüa-IrinelTrasücùaandBirgitWaibelinFreiburg;andMartinSchendzielorzinHeidelberg.Wearegrateful
too
toPaulRaysonandSebastianHoffmann
colleaguesatLancaster;toGun-nelTottie
forexpertguidanceonAmericanandBritishEnglish;andtoChrisWilliamsforcommentsonChapterï¶;alsotothefundingagencieswithoutwhosesupportourresearchreportedherewouldnothavebeenpossible.Thanksaredue
onthisscore
totheDeutscheForschungsgemein-schaft(DFG)forgrantMAï±ï¶ïµï²/ï³toChristianMairandtheUniversityofFreiburg
totheArtsandHumanitiesResearchBoard(AHRB;subsequentlychangedtoAHRC)
theBritishAcademy
andtheLeverhulmeTrustforresearchgrantsawardedtoGeoffreyLeechatLancasterUniversity.WealsorecordourgratitudetoCambridgeUniversityPressformakingavailabletousrelevantsectionsoftheCambridgeInternationalCorpus(CIC)
andtoPearson/LongmanforallowingustoconsulttheLongmanCorpusofSpokenAmericanEnglish(LCSAE).
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