Sali A. Tagliamonte

Variationist Sociolinguistics

Change, Observation, Interpretation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 sociolinguistics
Addresses all aspects of linguistic variation, including areas not usually covered in introductory texts, e.g. the phonological, morpho-syntactic, discourse/pragmatic
Outlines comparative sociolinguistic approach, data collection, methodological issues; and addresses state-of-the-art contemporary quantitative methods and statistical practice
Features cutting-edge research at an appropriate level to facilitate student learning
Engages students throughout with a variety of pedagogical features, including Mini Quizzes to test comprehension, extensive Exercises at the end of each chapter, the opportunity to do hands-on quantitative analysis of a never-before published data set, and Notes and Tips that offer insight into conducting sociolinguistic research. Extra materials and answers to the exercises are available at www.wiley.com/go/tagliamonte

Produktdetails

• Language in Society
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 912g
• ISBN-13: 9781405135900
• ISBN-10: 1405135905
• Artikelnr.: 33684831

Autorenporträt

Sali A. Tagliamonte is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is author of Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation (2006), co-author of African American English in the Diaspora: Tense and Aspect (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001), and has published on African American varieties; British, Irish, and Canadian dialects; as well as child, teen, television, and Internet languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Foreword Series Editor's Preface Preface List of Figures
List of Tables 1. Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change 2.
Social Patterns 3. Linguistic Patterns 4. Data and Method 5. Quantitative
Analysis 6. Comparative Sociolinguistics 7. Phonological Variables 8.
Morpho-Syntactic Variables 9. Discourse/Pragmatic Features 10. Tense/Aspect
Variables 11. Other Variables 12. Sociolinguistic Explanations Appendix A:
Corpora Cited Appendix B: Time Periods in the History of English References
Subject Index Index of Linguistic Variables

Rezensionen

"The author's aims of introducing the field of LVC to learners, discussing its principle goals and achievements, and opening up discussion for advances in the field have been successfully achieved in this volume." (LINGUIST, 16 May 2012) Featured on CBC Radio One's Ontario Today (17th October), http://www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday/2011/10/17/tuesday-northern-and-southern-expressions/#socialcomments