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Register Description

Register Description is a scholarly contribution that systematically characterizes the linguistic features and situational contexts distinctive to a particular register within a given domain, distinguishing it from other types of language variation analyses by focusing on the structured relationship between social function and lexical, syntactic, and discoursal patterns.

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3.4K

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84

Authors

27

Institutions

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2017–2026

9

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Publications

42

<b>Dimensions of register variation:</b> A cross-linguistic comparison. By Douglas Biber. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xvi, 428.

Thomas E. Nunnally · Language · 1999 · 721 citations

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Speaking and Writing in the University: A Multidimensional Comparison

Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad, Randi Reppen et al. · TESOL Quarterly · 2002 · 410 citations

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Register as a predictor of linguistic variation

Douglas Biber · Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory · 2012 · 306 citations

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Spoken and written register variation in Spanish: A multi-dimensional analysis

Douglas Biber, Mark Davies, James Jones et al. · Corpora · 2006 · 183 citations

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Understood subjects in English diaries. On the relevance of theoretical syntax for the study of register variation

Liliane Haegeman · Multilingua · 1990 · 126 citations

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Authors

84

  1. DB
    Douglas Biber

    Northern Arizona University, United States

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. JE
    Jesse Egbert

    Northern Arizona University, United States

    3 publications · 198 citations

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  3. SC
    Susan Conrad

    Portland State University, United States

    3 publications · 455 citations

    3

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  4. CM
    Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen

    Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China

    2 publications · 174 citations

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  5. JS
    Josef Schmied

    Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

    2 publications · 84 citations

    2

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Institutions

27

  1. Northern Arizona University

    Flagstaff, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    2K citations

  2. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    230 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    104 citations

  4. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  5. Portland State University

    Portland, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    437 citations

  6. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    410 citations

  7. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    176 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    198 citations

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Venues

  1. Register Studies

    4 publications · 191 citations

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  2. Corpora

    2 publications · 245 citations

    2

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  3. TESOL Quarterly

    2 publications · 438 citations

    2

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  4. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)

    Repository · 2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

    JLA · 2 publications · 138 citations

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