《英语变异之多维度研究》介绍多维度分析模式(Biber,1988)的特征和建模方法,展示多维度英语变异研究取得的一系列成果。本文认为,多维度研究在方法和内容两个方面对经典社会语言学变异研究进行了重要的补充。同时,本文指出,基于语料库的历时研究在获取自然的口语语料和女性样本等方面存在着一定问题。 The Multidimensional Study of English Variants introduces the features and modeling methods of multidimensional analysis (Biber, 1988) and presents a series of achievements in multidimensional English variation research. This paper argues that multidimensional research complements the study of classical sociolinguistic variation both in methodology and content. At the same time, this paper points out that corpus-based diachronic studies have some problems in obtaining natural oral corpus and female samples.