Sociolinguistic variation : theories, methods, and applications

Publication/Creation:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Sociolinguistic variation : theories, methods, and applications / [edited by] Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas

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Additional Author/Creators:

Bayley, Robert, 1943-, editor
Lucas, Ceil, editor

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Language and languages--Variation
Sociolinguistics

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Editors and contributors; Introduction; PART 1 Theories; 1 Variation and phonological theory; 2 Syntactic variation; 3 The psycholinguistic unity of inherent variability: old Occam whips out his razor; 4 The study of variation in historical perspective; 5 Style in dialogue: Bakhtin and sociolinguistic theory; 6 Variation and historical linguistics; 7 Second language acquisition: a variationist perspective; 8 Variation and modality; PART 2 Methods; 9 Sociolinguistic fieldwork; 10 Quantitative analysis
11 SociophoneticsPART 3 Applications; 12 Sociolinguistic variation and education; 13 Lessons learned from the Ebonics controversy: implications for language assessment; 14 Variation, versatility, and Contrastive Analysis in the classroom; 15 Social-political influences on research practices: examining language acquisition by African American children; 16 Sociolinguistic variation and the law; 17 Attitudes toward variation and ear-witness testimony; Afterword: Walt Wolfram and the study of sociolinguistic variation; References; Index

Summary:

Why does human language vary from one person, or one group, to another? In what ways does it vary? How do linguists go about studying variation in, say, the sound system or the sentence structure of a particular language? Why is the study of language variation important outside the academic world, in say education, the law, employment or housing? This book provides an overview of these questions, bringing together a team of experts to survey key areas within the study of language variation and language change. Covering both the range of methods used to research variation in language, and the applications of such research to a variety of social contexts, it is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication, linguistic anthropology and applied linguistics.

Language:

English

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English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936711973302486

ISBN:

1-107-18028-7
1-281-14622-6
9786611146221
0-511-36701-5
0-511-36638-8
0-511-36575-6
0-511-57364-2
0-511-61949-9
0-511-36760-0

OCLC Number:

191727825
213814969