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Author : Raven Ioor McDavid
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (392 download)
Download or read book The Linguistic Atlas of the North-Central States: Wisconsin written by Raven Ioor McDavid and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raven Ioor McDavid
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (392 download)
Download or read book The Linguistic Atlas of the North-Central States: Kentucky written by Raven Ioor McDavid and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Linguistic Atlas of the North-Central States written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483294765
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Dialect and Language Variation written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology emphasizes dialects of American English and language variation in America. The editors present original essays by today's leading investigators, including articles by some of Europe's best dialectologists, obtained expressly for this work. Important topics featured in Dialect and Language Variation include:**Dialect theories: linguistic geography, structural and generative dialectology, and language variation.**The nature of social dialects and language variation, with attention to women's speech.**Overview of regional dialects and area studies.**The nature and study of the relationship between ethnicity and dialects, including Black, Italian, Irish, Chicano, and Jewish ethnic groups.**The application of dialect studies to education.**Of special interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, and English language educators and specialists, this work provides original insight into**a general background and history of dialect theory**an overview of regional geography and area studies**the principles of social dialects and language variation from several perspectives**an exploration of the relationship between ethnicity and dialects o explanations of the relationship between historical and language change**a section on how dialects and language variation can contribute to effective language instruction.
Author : Raven Ioor McDavid
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (287 download)
Download or read book The Linguistic Atlas of the North-central States written by Raven Ioor McDavid and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar W. Schneider
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027248745
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Focus on the USA written by Edgar W. Schneider and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents 15 original research papers by renowned specialists in their respective fields. A variety of research traditions are included, such as dialect geography and sociolinguistics, but also smaller sub-fields such as the study of slang and perceptual dialectology. Varieties studied include the South, the Eastern Seaboard, the Middle West, African American English, Cuban English, and others. A growing sense of unity in the discipline is reflected by recurring topics and methods across earlier boundaries between sub-disciplines. For instance, computerized data and statistical analyses are standard tools nowadays, and a few papers explicitly address the possibilities and limitations of these methods. The study of variation and change of linguistic varieties has largely replaced earlier, monolithic notions of dialect, and the question of change in dialects, the erosion of traditional speech forms under the impact of modern communication patterns and socio-economic developments, is investigated in several contributions. In general, a recent orientation towards the history and development of nonstandard varieties is reflected in the book several papers study diffusion patterns of linguistic forms, or discuss the emergence of individual dialects or dialectal forms in a language contact framework. Altogether, the papers provide a lively illustration of and a fairly representative selection from ongoing high-quality linguistic research into American English.
Author : William Labov
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110206838
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Atlas of North American English written by William Labov and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlas of North American English provides the first overall view of the pronunciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada. The Atlas re-defines the regional dialects of American English on the basis of sound changes active in the 1990s and draws new boundaries reflecting those changes. It is based on a telephone survey of 762 local speakers, representing all the urbanized areas of North America. It has been developed by Bill Labov, one of the leading sociolinguists of the world, together with his colleagues Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg. The Atlas consists of a printed volume accompanied by an interactive CD-ROM. The print and multimedia content is also available online. Combined Edition: Book and Multimedia CD-ROM The book contains 23 chapters that re-define the geographic boundaries of North American dialects and trace the influence of gender, age, education, and city size on the progress of sound change; findings that show a dramatic and increasing divergence of English in North America; 139 four color maps that illustrate the regional distribution of phonological and phonetic variables across the North American continent; 120 four color vowel charts of individual speakers. The multimedia CD-ROM supplements the articles and maps by providing a data base with measurements of more than 100,000 vowels and mean values for 439 speakers; the Plotnik program for mapping each of the individual vowel systems; extended sound samples of all North American dialects; multimedia applications to enhance classroom presentations. Online Version: Book and CD-ROM content plus additional data The online version comprises the contents of the book and the multimedia CD-ROM along with additional data. It presents a wider selection of data, maps, and audio samples that will be recurrently updated; proffers simultaneous access to the information contained in the book and on the multimedia CD-ROM to all users in the university/library network; provides students with easy access to research material for classroom assignments. For more information, please contact Mouton de Gruyter: [email protected] System Requirements for CD-ROM and Online Version Windows PC: Pentium PC, Windows 9x, NT, or XP, at least 16MB RAM, CD-ROM Drive, 16 Bit Soundcard, SVGA (600 x 800 resolution) Apple MAC: OS 6 or higher, 16 Bit Soundcard, at least 16MB RAM Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer, 5.5 or 6 (Mac OS: Internet Explorer 5.1)/Netscape 7.x or higher/Mozilla 1.0 or higher/Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or higher PlugIns: Macromedia Flash Player 6/Acrobat Reader
Author : Dennis R. Preston
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027221324
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book American Dialect Research written by Dennis R. Preston and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume bings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and intepreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society. More specifically, this book takes trips to the scholar's laboratory. How is this work done? What pitfalls in fieldwork, processing, and interpretation have been encountered and how have they been overcome? What techniques have been used to get at the facts and underlying explanations of language variety? What does recent work suggest about the most rewarding areas and methods for future investigation?
Author : Jürgen Erich Schmidt
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110219166
Total Pages : 937 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Language Mapping written by Jürgen Erich Schmidt and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-03-30 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Language Mapping aims to explore the core methodological and theoretical approaches of linguistic cartography. In both empirical and theoretical linguistics, the spatial variation of language is of increasing interest and the visualization of language in space is therefore also of growing significance. It is the precondition for correct data interpretation. But how does it work? What has to be considered when drawing a map? And how has the problem been tackled so far? This book provides answers to such questions by taking a closer look at the theoretical issues surrounding cartography and at the concrete practice of mapping. The fundamental issues raised are addressed particularly well, since linguistic geography is not only one of the domains with a lengthy tradition, it is also one of the most progressive fields in linguistics. At the same time, because of their visual primacy, linguistic maps directly confront the challenges of human perception and aesthetics. In this context, envisioning the fruits of language mapping is a fascinating and inspiring endeavor, not just for experts. With its accessible texts and wealth of full-color images, the handbook not only represents a comprehensive manual serving the interests of a variety of readers, it also fills a gap in the ongoing linguistic discourse.
Author : Jack Grieve
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107032474
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Regional Variation in Written American English written by Jack Grieve and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative text is the first to map regional grammatical variation in written Standard American English.
Author : Alan R. Thomas
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853590221
Total Pages : 718 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Methods in Dialectology written by Alan R. Thomas and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1988 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the current concerns of dialectologists, as they exploit methodological tools in the twin contexts of insights which derive from sociology via sociolinguistics, and their awareness of the interplay between synchronic variation and linguistic change.
Author : Lee Pederson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States: Handbook for the Linguistic atlas of the Gulf States written by Lee Pederson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Endowment for the Humanities
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1070 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Report written by National Endowment for the Humanities and published by . This book was released on with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Philip A. Greasley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253021162
Total Pages : 1074 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two written by Philip A. Greasley and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest's continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.
Author : Thomas Edward Murray
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027248966
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book Language Variation and Change in the American Midland written by Thomas Edward Murray and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the linguistic complexities and critical issues of the Midland dialect area of the USA, and contains a unique data-based set of investigations of the Midlands dialect. The authors demonstrate that the large central part of the United States known colloquially as the Heartland, geo-culturally as the Midwest, and linguistically as the Midland is a very real dialect area, one with regional cohesiveness, social complexity, and psycho-emotional impact. The individual essays problematize historical origins, track linguistic markers of social identity over time and across social spaces, frame dialect issues within the linguistic marketplace, account for extra-linguistic influences on changing patterns of linguistic behaviors, and describe maintenance strategies of non-English languages. This book is an important move forward in the understanding of American English. Sociolinguists, dialectologists, applied linguists, and all those involved in the statistical and qualitative study of language variation will find this volume relevant, timely, and insightful.
Author : Tometro Hopkins
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441157182
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book World Englishes Volumes I-III Set written by Tometro Hopkins and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Englishes is a twelve-volume series, presenting a comprehensive, detailed survey of English as it is spoken all over the world. The volumes are organised into four groups, covering Britain, Europe, America, Africa and Asia, and celebrate English in all its diversity. The chapters contain maps, facts and figures, and a detailed description about English as it is spoken in each region and are an invaluable library resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in the diversity of the English language.
Author : Cynthia Bernstein
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817357440
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Language Variety in the South Revisited written by Cynthia Bernstein and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top linguists from diverse fields address language varieties in the South. Language Variety in the South Revisited is a comprehensive collection of new research on southern United States English by foremost scholars of regional language variation. Like its predecessor, Language Variety in the South: Perspectives in Black and White (The University of Alabama Press, 1986), this book includes current research into African American vernacular English, but it greatly expands the scope of investigation and offers an extensive assessment of the field. The volume encompasses studies of contact involving African and European languages; analysis of discourse, pragmatic, lexical, phonological, and syntactic features; and evaluations of methods of collecting and examining data. The 38 essays not only offer a wealth of information about southern language varieties but also serve as models for regional linguistic investigation.
