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Text Register

Text Register is a specialized variety of language characterized by its use in particular academic or professional contexts, distinguished by systematic features in lexicon, syntax, and discourse structure that align with the communicative purpose, audience, and genre conventions of a given text.

10

Publications

878

Citations

20

Authors

13

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Variants

Linguistic Register

Parents

Publications

10

Interactive Written Discourse as an Emergent Register

Kathleen Warden Ferrara, Hans Brunner, Greg Whittemore · Written Communication · 1991 · 495 citations

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Exploring Relationships Between Traditional and New Media Literacies: British Preteen Texters at School

Beverly Plester, Clare Wood · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2009 · 88 citations · Full text

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Some Register Characteristics of Journalistic Language: Are They Universals?

Elda Weizman · Applied Linguistics · 1984 · 67 citations

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Beyond linguistic complexity: Assessing register flexibility in EFL writing across contexts

Wenjuan Qin, Paola Uccelli · Assessing Writing · 2020 · 51 citations

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Love is all around: a corpus-based study of pop lyrics

Valentin Werner · Corpora · 2012 · 44 citations

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Authors

20

  1. BP
    Beverly Plester

    Coventry University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 120 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. EV
    Eija Ventola

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. PU
    Paola Uccelli

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. HR
    Helena Rasku‐Puttonen

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. SA
    Sali A. Tagliamonte

    University of Toronto, Canada

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

13

  1. Coventry University

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    208 citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  3. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    33 citations

  4. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    102 citations

  5. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    495 citations

  7. Amsterdam University of the Arts

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    33 citations

  8. Scientific Data Systems (United States)

    Las Cruces, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    495 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Linguistics

    1 publications · 67 citations

    1

    h-index

  2. Register Studies

    1 publications · 39 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. English Language and Linguistics

    1 publications · 41 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

    JCMC · 1 publications · 88 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Assessing Writing

    1 publications · 51 citations

    1

    h-index

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