Editing Pattern (section)

== Language and linguistics ==
Language provides researchers in [[linguistics]] with a wealth of patterns to investigate,<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Busse
 |first1               = Beatrix
 |author-link1         = Beatrix Busse
 |last2                = Moehlig-Falke
 |first2               = Ruth
 |editor-last1         = Busse
 |editor-first1        = Beatrix
 |editor-link1         = Beatrix Busse
 |editor-last2         = Moehlig-Falke
 |editor-first2        = Ruth
 |date                 = 16 December 2019
 |chapter              = Patterns in linguistics
 |title                = Patterns in Language and Linguistics: New Perspectives on a Ubiquitous Concept
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=80jSDwAAQBAJ
 |series               = Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL], volume 104
 |publication-place    = Berlin
 |publisher            = Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
 |page                 = 1
 |isbn                 = 9783110596656
 |access-date          = 13 April 2025
 |quote                = [...] the concept of ''pattern'' [...] used in different fields of linguistics, including corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, historical/diachronic linguistics, construction grammar, discourse linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, phonology and second-language learning.
}}
</ref>
and [[literary studies]] can investigate patterns in areas such as sound, grammar,  motifs, metaphor, imagery, and narrative plot.<ref>
{{cite book
 |last1                = Thornborrow
 |first1               = Joanna
 |last2                = Wareing
 |first2               = Shân
 |year                 = 1998
 |title                = Patterns in Language: An Introduction to Language and Literary Style
 |url                  = https://books.google.com/books?id=fmWMnbVMxoMC
 |series               = Interface Series, ISSN 0955-730X
 |publication-place    = London
 |publisher            = Psychology Press
 |isbn                 = 9780415140645
 |access-date          = 13 April 2025
}}
</ref>