Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

When first published in 1980, Dialectology broke new ground by giving an integrated account of the social and regional aspects of dialectology. In this updated edition, the authors offer new sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, as well as updates of recent developments. The book examines dialectology in its widest sense, as the study of the way language, dialect and accent vary from place to place, social group to social group and time to time. As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this new edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

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Trudgill, Peter

Chambers, J. K.

Words, Language & Grammar

Cambridge University Press

Dialectology is the study of language variation. Traditionally, this has largely been the province of dialect geographers, who concentrated on the speech of the linguistically conservative rural population in order to map regional differences. Interest has shifted to urban speech, and sociolinguists have correlated linguistic variables with other variables such as age, social class, sex and ethnic background. Dialectology not only provides a thorough exposition of these two approaches - their histories, methodologies and significant results, drawn from studies of a wide range of languages - it also integrates them within a single conceptual framework as two aspects of the same discipline. The authors argue that dialectology can thus make an important contribution to general linguistic theory and in particular answer questions about variability in language, which has in the past too often been assigned peripheral or accidental status. Designed primarily as a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate courses in dialect studies, this book also points towards innovative and stimulating research areas.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

When first published in 1980, Dialectology broke new ground by giving an integrated account of the social and regional aspects of dialectology. In this updated edition, the authors offer new sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, as well as updates of recent developments. The book examines dialectology in its widest sense, as the study of the way language, dialect and accent vary from place to place, social group to social group and time to time. As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this new edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar.Individual chapters cover the full international range of English dialects, from the centre of Sydney to the shores of Newfoundland, and from the Scottish borders to the Appalachian Mountains. Soundly based on empirical research, they are rich in data of great interest in itself, but no article is merely descriptive. The editors have selected papers for their value in contributing to the reader's broader understanding of the theoretical issues concerning dialectology as a whole. As a result, dialectology is presented as a major scholarly discipline drawing creatively on such areas as linguistics, sociology, psychology, history, geography and even philosophy. These and other themes are explored in a wide-ranging Introduction by the editors, which sets the individual pieces and the subject in context for the reader.

Dialects of English (Longman Linguistics Library)

History

Europe

Routledge

"Sociolinguistic Theory" presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centring on the study of language variation and change. Since the inception of sociolinguistics the correlation of dependent linguistic variables with independent social variables has provided the theoretical core of the discipline. Chambers reviews the essential findings of William Labov, the Milroys, David Sankoff, Gillian Sankoff, Peter Trudgill, Walt Wolfram, and many others, and puts them into context both with the work of the numerous linguists who have followed their lead and with their intellectual forebears from Wilhelm von Humboldt and Louis Gauchat to Edward Sapir. The book opens with a discussion of the linguistic variable and its historical, methodological and theoretical significance. Three central chapters are organized around the crucial social variables of social stratification, sex and age. The final chapter considers the social and cultural purposes of linguistic variation.

Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance (Language in Society)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Blackwell Pub.

Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of Sociolinguistics centring on the study of language variation and change. It reviews the essential findings of William Labov, Lesley Milroy and James Milroy, David Sankoff, Gillian Sankoff, Peter Trudgill, Walt Wolfram and many others, focussing on the crucial variables of social stratification, sex and age.

Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society)

Wiley/Blackwell

Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centering on the study of language variation and change. <ul> <li>Synthesizes the most important descriptive and theoretical findings concerning linguistic variation from the last forty years.</li> <li>Provides an integrated framework for studying language variation and its social significance. 
</li> <li>Expands on the first edition's discussion of communicative competence and developmental sociolinguistics. 
</li> <li>Is written by one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of variation studies and includes data from his own work.</li> </ul>

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Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Dialects of English (Longman Linguistics Library)

Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance (Language in Society)

Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society)

Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society)

Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society)