{"product_id":"linguistic-data-science-and-the-english-passive-modeling-diachronic-developments-and-regional-variation-9781350386549","title":"Linguistic Data Science and the English Passive: Modeling Diachronic Developments and Regional Variation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe choice between BE and GET as auxiliary verbs, as in \"She was promoted\" vs \"She got promoted\", is a central, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egrammatical feature, yet the many proposed nuances conditioning this phenomenon have escaped large-scale empirical validation to date. This book fills this gap, using multivariate statistical analyses of several large corpora to explore different factors determining the choice of English passive auxiliary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddressing both diachronic developments (using the Corpus of Historical American English) and synchronic regional variation (using the Corpus of Global Web-based English), the book employs methods that combine traditional corpus linguistics with newer machine-learning tools in an innovative and intricate manner. To circumscribe the variable context, the authors train a statistical model to distinguish central from peripheral passives. The study tests the influence of various predictors, derived from the previous literature on the passive, with the use of automated sentiment analysis and subject detection, manual animacy coding, distributional semantics, and a mixed-effects regression model. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePutting forward an automatic way of distinguishing more stative from more dynamic passives, the book demonstrates how to examine the passive construction in a much larger dataset than in previous studies, and shows how advanced computational models can be used to productively engage traditional philological questions, such as those related to language change and regional variation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAxel Bohmann \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Cologne, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Müller\u003c\/b\u003e is a postdoctoral researcher at the English Department of the University of Freiburg, Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMirka Honkanen\u003c\/b\u003e worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and now pursues a career in science management and administration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiriam Neuhausen\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor at the English Department of the University of Heidelberg, Germany.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038847725842,"sku":"9781350386549","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d60634eb-9eb6-46be-8095-67b7a6d1691d.jpg?v=1771336544","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/linguistic-data-science-and-the-english-passive-modeling-diachronic-developments-and-regional-variation-9781350386549","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}