Dialectology

Dialectology
Author: J. K. Chambers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1998-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521596466

As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this updated edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

Dialectology

Dialectology
Author: J. K. Chambers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1998-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521593786

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.

Dialectology

Dialectology
Author: J. K. Chambers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 201
Release: 1998
Genre: Dialectology
ISBN: 9780511202032

When first published in 1980, Dialectology broke new ground by integrating urban dialectology (sociolinguistics), dialect geography and spatial variation into a cohesive discipline. In this second edition, the authors take account of the renaissance of dialect research in the last twenty years. They offer new sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, a revised section on dialect geography as well as updates of other recent developments. A reliable textbook for over seventeen years, this new edition will continue to serve the needs of undergraduates and individual scholars with its com.

The Handbook of Dialectology

The Handbook of Dialectology
Author: Charles Boberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1118827554

The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry

The future of dialects

The future of dialects
Author: Marie-Hélène Côté
Publisher: Language Science Press
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2016-02-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3946234186

Traditional dialects have been encroached upon by the increasing mobility of their speakers and by the onslaught of national languages in education and mass media. Typically, older dialects are “leveling” to become more like national languages. This is regrettable when the last articulate traces of a culture are lost, but it also promotes a complex dynamics of interaction as speakers shift from dialect to standard and to intermediate compromises between the two in their forms of speech. Varieties of speech thus live on in modern communities, where they still function to mark provenance, but increasingly cultural and social provenance as opposed to pure geography. They arise at times from the need to function throughout the different groups in society, but they also may have roots in immigrants’ speech, and just as certainly from the ineluctable dynamics of groups wishing to express their identity to themselves and to the world. The future of dialects is a selection of the papers presented at Methods in Dialectology XV, held in Groningen, the Netherlands, 11-15 August 2014. While the focus is on methodology, the volume also includes specialized studies on varieties of Catalan, Breton, Croatian, (Belgian) Dutch, English (in the US, the UK and in Japan), German (including Swiss German), Italian (including Tyrolean Italian), Japanese, and Spanish as well as on heritage languages in Canada.

Perceptual Dialectology

Perceptual Dialectology
Author: Dennis R. Preston
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110871912

Social Dialectology

Social Dialectology
Author: Peter Trudgill
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781588114037

This collection identifies the main theoretical and methodological issues currently preoccupying researchers in social dialectology, drawing not only on variation in English in the UK, USA, New Zealand, Europe and elsewhere but also in Arabic, Greek, Norwegian and Spanish dialects. The volume brings together previously unpublished work by the world's most prolific and well-respected social dialectologists as well as by some younger, dynamic researchers. Together the authors provide new perspectives on both the traditional areas of sociolinguistic variation and change and the newer fields of dialect formation, dialect diffusion and dialect levelling.

Aspects of Latin American Spanish Dialectology

Aspects of Latin American Spanish Dialectology
Author: Manuel Díaz-Campos
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027260311

This book focuses on contemporary sociolinguistic approaches to Spanish dialectology. Each of the authors draws on key issues of contemporary sociolinguistics, combining theoretical approaches with empirical data collection. Overall, these chapters address topics concerning language variation and change, sound production and perception, contact linguistics, language teaching, language policy, and ideologies. The authors urge us, as linguists, to take a stand on important issues and to continue applying theory to praxis so as to advance the frontiers of research in the field. This edited volume in honor of Professor Terrell A. Morgan is a means of celebrating an amazing friend, advisor, and human being, who has dedicated his career to teaching graduate and undergraduate students, performed key research in the field, and helped to further pedagogy in the classroom through his textbooks, seminars and websites.

Dialectology Meets Typology

Dialectology Meets Typology
Author: Bernd Kortmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110179490

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age

Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Author: Rhona Alcorn
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2019-01-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1474430554

Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organizations of pleasure have impacted post-WWII film.