Social Factors In Linguistic Variation
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| Author | : Robin Dodsworth |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2019-08-21 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1317281713 |
This monograph takes up recent advances in social network methods in sociology, together with data on economic segregation, in order to build a quantitative analysis of the class and network effects implicated in vowel change in a Southern American city. Studies of sociolinguistic variation in urban spaces have uncovered durable patterns of linguistic difference, such as the maintenance of blue collar/white collar distinctions in the case of stable linguistic variables. But the underlying interactional origins of these patterns, and the interactional reasons for their durability, are not well understood, due in part to the near-absence of large-scale network investigation. This book undertakes a sociolinguistic network analysis of data from the Raleigh corpus, a set of conversational interviews collected form natives of Raleigh, North Carolina, from 2008-2017. Acoustic analysis of the corpus shows the rapid, ongoing retreat from the Southern Vowel Shift and increasing participation in national vowel changes. The social distribution of these trends is explored via standard social factors such as occupation as well as innovative network variables, including a measure of nestedness in the community network. The book aims to pursue new network-based questions about sociolinguistic variation that can be applied to other corpora, making this key reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics and historical linguistics as well as those interested in further understanding how existing quantitative network methods from sociological research might be applied to sociolinguistic data.
| Author | : William Labov |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2010-11-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1405112158 |
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints. Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scale Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic change Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one another Establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communities Completes Labov’s seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy
| Author | : William Labov |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 664 |
| Release | : 1994-07-19 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9780631179146 |
This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. Demonstrates the social as well as cognitive relevance of linguistic research Shows that rapid linguistic change is in progress in the cities of America and England so that urban dialects are becoming more and more differentiated Discusses factors that govern the internal development of linguistic structures: the mechanisms of change, the constraints on change, and the ways in which change is embedded in the larger linguistic system
| Author | : M. Amira |
| Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 16 |
| Release | : 2023-03-22 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 3346838536 |
Essay from the year 2021 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,7, Trinity College Dublin (Centre for Language and Communication Studies), course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: While perspectives towards the phenomenon of language change are various and partly contradictory, they all coincide in the overall question of why and how language change takes place. In order to address this question, it is important to first, position the phenomenon of language change within the two major perspectives in linguistics, that is the distinction between linguistic change as diachronic or synchronic variation. Next, different models and theories that try to explain the origin of change and its underlying mechanism such as the family tree or wave model can be consulted in order to gain an insight into the complexity and interrelatedness of the different approaches. Especially the notion of internally and externally motivated change is here of special importance. In addition, these models prove to be foundational for the further discourse on how language change spreads and under which influences. Keeping this in mind, a closer look at the synchronic perspective of sociolinguistics provides relevant knowledge about the role of social factors in causing linguistic change which finally enables a testing of this perspective on the basis of the case examples of linguistic change in "Martha’s Vineyard" (Blake & Josey, 2003) and "Ucieda" (Holmquist, 1985). In essence, this essay will examine the relationship between diachronic and synchronic approaches towards language change and demonstrate the significance of social factors on the basis of different theories and examples.
| Author | : J. K. Chambers |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 628 |
| Release | : 2018-05-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1119457084 |
Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics. A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics
| Author | : Lauren Hall-Lew |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 405 |
| Release | : 2021-08-12 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1108633609 |
The 'third wave' of variation study, spearheaded by the sociolinguist Penelope Eckert, places its focus on social meaning, or the inferences that can be drawn about speakers based on how they talk. While social meaning has always been a concern of modern sociolinguistics, its aims and assumptions have not been explicitly spelled out until now. This pioneering book provides a comprehensive overview of the central tenets of variation study, examining several components of dialects, and considering language use in a wide variety of cultural and linguistic contexts. Each chapter, written by a leader in the field, posits a unique theoretical claim about social meaning and presents new empirical data to shed light on the topic at hand. The volume makes a case for why attending to social meaning is vital to the study of variation while also providing a foundation from which variationists can productively engage with social meaning.
| Author | : Katherine Jane Johnson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Anthropology |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Gitte Kristiansen |
| Publisher | : De Gruyter Mouton |
| Total Pages | : 562 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : |
A union of Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics was bound to happen. Both proclaim a usage-based approach to language and aim to analyse actual language use in objective ways. Whereas Sociolinguistics is by nature on the outlook for language in its variety, CL can no longer afford to ignore social variation in language as it manifests itself in the usage data. Nor can it fail to adopt an empirical methodology that reflects variation as it actually occurs, beyond the limited knowledge of the individual observer. Conversely, while CL can only benefit from a heightened sensitivity to social aspects, the rich, bottom-up theoretical framework it has developed is likely to contribute to a much better understanding of the meaning of variationist phenomena. The volume brings together fifteen chapters written by prominent scholars testifying of rich empirical and theoretizing research into the social aspects of language variation. Taking a broad view on Cognitive Sociolinguistics, the volume covers three main areas: corpus-based research on language variation, cognitive cultural models, and the ideologies of sociopolitical and socio-economic systems.
| Author | : Anna Ghimenton |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2021-08-16 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027259755 |
This volume provides a broad coverage of the intersection of sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition. Favoured by the current scientific context where interdisciplinarity is particularly encouraged, the chapters bring to light the complementarity between the social and cognitive approaches to language acquisition. The book integrates sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic issues by bringing together scholars who have been developing conceptions of language acquisition across the lifespan that take into account language-internal and cross-linguistic variation in contexts of both first and second language acquisition as well as of first and second dialect acquisition. The volume brings together theoretical and empirical research and provides an excellent basis for scholars and students wanting to delve into the social and cognitive dimensions of both the production and perception of sociolinguistic variation. The book enables the reader to understand, on the one hand, how variation is acquired in childhood or at a later stage and, on the other, how perception and production feed into one another, thus building up our understanding of the social meanings underpinning language variation.
| Author | : Sali A. Tagliamonte |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2006-05-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1139451324 |
The study of how language varies in social context, and how it can be analyzed and accounted for, are the key goals of sociolinguistics. Until now, however, the actual tools and methods have been largely passed on through 'word of mouth', rather than being formally documented. This is the first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation. It shows step-by-step how the analysis is carried out, leading the reader through every stage of a research project from start to finish. Topics covered include fieldwork, data organization and management, analysis and interpretation, presenting research results, and writing up a paper. Practical and informal, the book contains all the information needed to conduct a fully-fledged sociolinguistic investigation, and includes exercises, checklists, references and insider tips. It is set to become an essential resource for students, researchers and fieldworkers embarking on research projects in sociolinguistics.
