Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)

Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research projects in 'the field', including: • How to select and enter a community • How to design a research sample • What recording equipment to choose and how to operate it • How to collect, store and manage data • How to interact effectively with participants and communities • What ethical issues you should be aware of. Carefully designed to be of maximum practical use to students and researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and related fields, the book is packed with useful features, including: • Helpful checklists for recording techniques and equipment specifications • Practical examples taken from classic sociolinguistic studies • Vivid passages in which students recount their own experiences of doing fieldwork in many different parts of the world

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Schilling, Natalie

Words, Language & Grammar

Cambridge University Press

This book provides an up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.

American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)

Wolfram, Walt

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Wiley/Blackwell

Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue

As many visitors to Ocracoke will attest, the island's vibrant dialect is one of its most distinctive cultural features. In Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes present a fascinating account of the Ocracoke brogue. They trace its development, identify the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax that make it unique, and even provide a glossary and quiz to enhance the reader's knowledge of 'Ocracokisms.' In the process, they offer an intriguing look at the role language plays in a culture's efforts to define and maintain itself. But Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks is more than a linguistic study. Based on extensive interviews with more than seventy Ocracoke residents of all ages and illustrated with captivating photographs by Ann Ehringhaus and Herman Lankford, the book offers valuable insight on what makes Ocracoke special. In short, by tracing the history of island speech, the authors succeed in opening a window on the history of the islanders themselves.

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

The University of North Carolina Press

The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. <ul>
<li>Now accompanied by a companion website with an extensive array of sound files, video clips, and other online materials to enhance and illustrate discussions in the text</li> <li>Features brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics, such as Levels of Dialect, Regional Varieties of English, Gender and Language Variation, The Application of Dialect Study, and Dialect Awareness: Extending Application, as well as new exercises with online answers</li> <li>Updated to contain dialect samples from a wider array of US regions</li> <li>Written for students taking courses in dialect studies, variationist sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, and requires no pre-knowledge of linguistics </li> <li>Includes a glossary and extensive appendix of the pronunciation, grammatical, and lexical features of American English dialects</li> </ul>

This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. 
<ul> <li>contains new chapters on social and ethnic dialects, including a separate chapter on African American English and more comprehensive discussions of Latino, Native American, Cajun English, and other varieties,</li> <li>includes samples from a wider array of US regions</li> <li>features updated chapters as well as pedagogy such as new exercises, a phonetic symbols key, and a section on the notion of speech community</li> <li>accessibly written for the wide variety of students that enrol in a course on dialects, ranging from students with no background in linguistics to those who may wish to specialize in sociolinguistics</li> </ul>

Social Sciences

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Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)

Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics)

American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)

American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)

Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue

American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)

American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)