Towards a New Standard

Towards a New Standard
Author: Massimo Cerruti
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2017-01-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1614518831

In many European languages the National Standard Variety is converging with spoken, informal, and socially marked varieties. In Italian this process is giving rise to a new standard variety called Neo-standard Italian, which partly consists of regional features. This book contributes to current research on standardization in Europe by offering a comprehensive overview of the re-standardization dynamics in Italian. Each chapter investigates a specific dynamic shaping the emergence of Neo-standard Italian and Regional Standard Varieties, such as the acceptance of previously non-standard features, the reception of Old Italian features excluded from the standard variety, the changing standard language ideology, the retention of features from Italo-Romance dialects, the standardization of patterns borrowed from English, and the developmental tendencies of standard Italian in Switzerland. The contributions investigate phonetic/phonological, prosodic, morphosyntactic, and lexical phenomena, addressed by several empirical methodologies and theoretical vantage points. This work is of interest to scholars and students working on language variation and change, especially those focusing on standard languages and standardization dynamics.

The Development of Standard English, 1300-1800

The Development of Standard English, 1300-1800
Author: Laura Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521029698

This volume describes the development of Standard English from Middle English onwards.

Writing in Nonstandard English

Writing in Nonstandard English
Author: Irma Taavitsainen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781556199455

This book investigates linguistic variation as a complex continuum of language use from standard to nonstandard. In our view, these notions can only be established through mutual definition, and they cannot exist without the opposite pole. What is considered standard English changes according to the approach at hand, and the nonstandard changes accordingly. This book offers an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to this central theme of wide interest.The articles approach writing in nonstandard language through various disciplines and methodologies: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, corpus linguistics, and ideological and political points of view. The theories and methods from these fields are applied to material that ranges from nonliterary writing to canonized authors. Dialects, regional varieties and worldwide Englishes are also addressed.

English Historical Sociolinguistics

English Historical Sociolinguistics
Author: Robert McColl Millar
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2012-06-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0748664408

Provides students with a more profound understanding of the sociolinguistic forces which initiate or encourage language change.

World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects

World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects
Author: Thomas Hoffmann
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2009-09-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027289069

World Englishes is a vibrant research field that has attracted scholars from many different linguistic subdisciplines. Emphasizing the common ground of all research on World Englishes, the 22 articles in this collected volume, selected from more than a hundred papers presented at the 2007 conference of the International Association for World Englishes in Regensburg, cover a broad range of topics which together reflect the state of the art of research in this field. The volume focuses on regions as diverse as Africa, the Caribbean, the Antipodes and Asia, but also promotes a globally comparative perspective by analyzing selected characteristics of the English language across a wide range of varieties. Methodologically, a number of different approaches are applied, including corpus linguistic studies, socio-phonetics as well as historical discourse analysis. Due to its wide scope, the book is of interest not only to World Englishes scholars but also to sociolinguists as well as applied, contact or corpus linguists.

Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education

Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education
Author: Shondel J. Nero
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135621470

This volume brings together a multiplicity of voices--both theoretical and practical--on the complex politics, challenges, and strategies of educating students--in North America and worldwide--who are speakers of diverse or nonstandard varieties of English, creoles, and hybrid varieties of English, such as African American Vernacular English, Caribbean Creole English, Tex Mex, West African Pidgin English, and Indian English, among others. The number of such students is increasing as a result of the spread of English, internal and global migration, and increased educational access. Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education offers: *a sociohistorical perspective on language spread and variation; *analysis of related issues such as language attitudes, identities, and prescribed versus actual language use; and *practical suggestions for pedagogy. Pedagogical features: Key points at the beginning of each chapter help focus the reader and provide a framework for reading, writing, reflection, and discussion; chapter-end questions for discussion and reflective writing engage and challenge the ideas presented and encourage a range of approaches in dealing with language diversity. Collectively, the chapters in this volume invite educators, researchers, and students, across the fields of TESOL, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, English, literacy, and language education, to begin to consider and adopt context-specific policies and practices that will improve the language development and academic performance of linguistically diverse students.

The Sociolinguistics of Identity

The Sociolinguistics of Identity
Author: Tope Omoniyi
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847063322

Brand new in paperback this volume looks at the problematic and controversial area of identity, re-examining the analytical tools employed in sociolinguistic research.

Grammar Survival

Grammar Survival
Author: Geoff Barton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2010-01-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135176701

Focusing on what you need to know in the classroom, Grammar Survival provides you with the essential knowledge and tools you’ll need to teach grammar effectively. This second edition has been updated and restructured to reflect the revised framework for English, and ten new sections have been added including how to generate ideas, develop viewpoints, improve vocabulary, teach spelling and build reading skills. This book features: over forty separate grammar topics including theory and practice clear examples throughout teaching hints and ideas for the classroom practical suggestions for homework. Entertaining and practical, this book is ideal for busy newly qualified and practising teachers looking to improve both their pupils’ and their own understanding of grammar.

Native-Speakerism in Japan

Native-Speakerism in Japan
Author: Stephanie Ann Houghton
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2013-02-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1847698700

The relative status of native and non-native speaker language teachers within educational institutions has long been an issue worldwide but until recently, the voices of teachers articulating their own concerns have been rare. This innovative volume explores language-based forms of prejudice against native-speaker teachers.