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What is the main concern of variation anlysis?
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To combine both qualitative and quantitative techniques to study linguistic change at all linguistic levels.
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What’s the Telsur/Atlas project?
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It’s Labov’s study of linguistic changes in North-American English.
3
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What is the notion of constraint?
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The assumption that the overall information structure of a text imposes certain constraints on its parts.
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
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Decks in class (10)
# Cards
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UNIT I15
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UNIT 2. INTERACTIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS18
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UNIT 2. CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS14
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UNIT 3. NARRATIVE ANALYSIS20
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UNIT 3. VARIATION ANALYSIS3
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UNIT 4. FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE33
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UNIT 5. POST-STRUCTURALISM20
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UNIT 5. CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS16
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UNIT 5. POSITIVE DISCOURSE ANALYSIS6
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UNIT 5. MEDIATED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS15
