1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464654903321

Autore

Newman Michael

Titolo

New York City English / / Michael Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61451-213-2

1-61451-212-4

1-5015-0060-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Dialects of English ; ; volume 10

Classificazione

HF 980

Disciplina

427.97471

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - New York (State) - New York

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geography demography and cultural factors -- 3 Phonetics and Phonology -- 4 Morphology and Syntax -- 5 Discourse Factors -- 6 Lexicon -- 7 The History and Study of NYCE -- 8 Conclusion -- 9 Appendix A: Short Biographical Descriptions of the BQ-16 -- 10 Appendix B: Transcriptions of NYCE Speakers -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

New York City English is one of the most recognizable of US dialects, and research on it launched modern sociolinguistics. Yet the city's speech has never before received a comprehensive description and analysis. In this book, Michael Newman examines the differences and similarities among the ways English is spoken by the extraordinarily diverse population living in the NY dialect region. He uses data from a variety of sources including older dialectological accounts, classic and recent variationist studies, and original research on speakers from around the dialect region. All levels of language are explored including phonology, morphosyntax, lexicon, and discourse along with a history of English in the region. But this book provides far more than a dialectological and historical inventory of linguistic features. The forms used by different groups of New Yorkers are discussed in terms of their complex social meanings. Furthermore, Newman illustrates the varied



forms of sociolinguistic significance with examples from the personal experiences of a variety of New Yorkers and includes links to sound files on the publisher's site and videos on YouTube. The result is a rigorous but accessible and compelling account of the English spoken in this great city.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452907603321

Autore

Even-Simkin Elena

Titolo

The regularity of the "irregular" verbs and nouns in English / / Elena Even-Simkin, Yishai Tobin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

90-272-7176-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Collana

Studies in functional and structural linguistics (SFSL), , 0165-7712 ; ; volume 66

Altri autori (Persone)

TobinY

Disciplina

425/.92

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb

Grammar, Comparative and general - Noun

English language - Usage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Introduction -- part two. Background -- part three. The non-irregularity hypotheses -- part four. Phonological non-irregularity hypothesis -- part five. Semantic non-irregularity : the common semantic denominator (CSD) hypothesis -- part six. Further evidence for both hypotheses -- part seven. Discussion and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents an in-depth study of the so-called irregular Past Tense (sing/sang) and Noun Plural (foot/feet) forms with Internal Vowel Alternation (IVA) in English demonstrating that they possess both a fixed phonological and semantic regularity. The innovative sign-oriented analysis and inductive methodology employed in this study are further supported by additional first language acquisition data, experimental studies and historical evidence. The data culled from



multiple linguistic anthologies, dictionaries and thesauri have shown that although the IVA process comprise