ISBN:
9781405135917
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (426 p)
Series Statement:
Language in Society v.38
Series Statement:
Language in Society Ser v.38
Parallel Title:
Print version Variationist Sociolinguistics : Change, Observation, Interpretation
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Tagliamonte, Sali A., 1960 - Variationist sociolinguistics
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language and languages Variation
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Sociolinguistics Research
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Language and languages ; Variation
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Sociolinguistics ; Research
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Sprachvariante
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Soziolinguistik
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Sprachvariante
;
Soziolinguistik
Abstract:
Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with linguistic variation in spoken and written language. Represents the most up-to-date coverage of the history, developments, and methodologies of variationist sociolinguisticsAddresses all aspects of linguistic variation, including areas not usually covered in introductory texts, e.g. the phonological, morpho-syntactic, discourse/pragmaticOutlines comparative
Description / Table of Contents:
Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change; Sociolinguistics; The Linguistic Variable; Linguistic Change; The Principle of Accountability; Circumscribing the Variable Context; Evolution of the Linguistic Variable; The Importance of Accountability; Language Variation and Change and Linguistic Theory; Exercises; 2 Social Patterns; Social Class; Sex (or Gender); Style and Register
Description / Table of Contents:
Mobility in Space and Mobility in ClassSocial Network, Communities of Practice; Ethnicity and Culture; The Mass Media; Age; Types of Change; Principles of Linguistic Change; Summary; Exercises; 3 Linguistic Patterns; Sound Change; Morphological Change; Syntactic Change; Semantic Change; Grammaticalization; Lexical Effects; Exemplar Theory; Exercises; 4 Data and Method; The Speech Community; Corpus Building; Creating Sociolinguistic Corpora; The Individual and the Group; Constructing an LVC Study; Research Ethics; The Gold - Your Data; The Real World; 5 Quantitative Analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
The Quantitative ParadigmDistributional Analysis; Statistical Modeling; The Three Lines of Evidence; The Case Study - Variable (that); Goldvarb Logistic Regression; Challenging the Variable Rule Program; Drawbacks to the Variable Rule Program; New Toolkits for Variationist Sociolinguistics; Summary; Exercises; 6 Comparative Sociolinguistics; Comparison; The Comparative Method; Comparison in Origins; Comparison in Language Contact; Standards for Comparison; Variable (did); Exercises; 7 Phonological Variables; Variable (t,d); Variable (ing); Tips for Studying Phonological Variables; Exercises
Description / Table of Contents:
8 Morpho-Syntactic VariablesVerbal (s); Adverb (ly); Modal (have to); Studying Morpho-Syntactic Variables; Exercises; 9 Discourse/Pragmatic Features; Quotative (be like); General Extenders; Studying the Discourse/Pragmatic Variable; Exercises; 10 Tense/Aspect Variables; Grammaticalization and Tense/Aspect Variables; Future (going to); Perfect (have); Studying Tense/Aspect Variables; Exercises; 11 Other Variables; Variable (come); Variable (Intensifiers); Language and the Internet; Studying Unusual Variables; Exercises; 12 Sociolinguistic Explanations; What Are the Constraints on Change?
Description / Table of Contents:
How Does Language Change?How Is a Change Embedded in Social and Linguistic Systems?; Evaluation of a Change; Statistical Modeling; Traditional Explanations; The Principle of Interaction; Appendix A: Corpora Cited; Appendix B: Time Periods in the History of English; References; Subject Index; Index of Linguistic Variables
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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