The contributions to this issue of Ranam deal with the notions of accents, variation(s) and representation, examining the broad issue of variation from the point of view of diachronic, sociolinguistic, and textual change seen through its linguistic representation.
The contributions to this issue of Ranam deal with the notions of accents, variation(s) and representation, examining the broad issue of variation from the point of view of diachronic, sociolinguistic, and textual change seen through its linguistic representation. The studies rely on diverse theories, empirical observation, and the use of technical tools and show the significance of the socio-cultural context in which the phenomena under scrutiny occur (accents, varieties, notional construction, reported clauses, proverbs). The whole volume testifies to a relative stability in linguistic practices, be they descriptive, pragmatic or formal, integrating the tools of corpus linguistics.
Foreword / Avant-propos
Maryvonne Boisseau
Presentation
Julie Nimtz
Consonant Variation and Change: Towards a Socio-Cognitive Model
Olivier Glain
Non-Standard Features of Asian Englishes in Comment Forums of Social News Websites
Michael Percillier
Toronto Haitian English: a Preliminary Account
Véronique Lacoste
The Constructionalization of Formulaic Sequences Called « Snowclones »
Julien Rentz
Towards a Metalinguistic Representation of the Lexeme SHY
Philippe Muller
The Gricean Cooperative Principle at Work in Fictional Narratives: the Case of Reporting Clauses
Aurélie Ceccaldi
The Effects and Functions of Mentioning or Distorting Proverbs in Oscar Wilde’s. The Importance of Being Earnest
Stéphane Kostantzer
Book Reviews / Recensions
Abstracts / Résumés
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