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Autore |
Macaulay Ronald K. S |
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Titolo |
Standards and variation in urban speech [[electronic resource] ] : examples from Lowland Scots / / Ronald K.S. Macaulay |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-35837-9 |
9786613358370 |
90-272-7575-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Collana |
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Varieties of English around the world. General series, , 0172-7362 ; ; v. 20 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Scots language - Spoken Scots |
Scots language - Variation |
Scots language - Standardization |
Urban dialects - Scotland |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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STANDARDS AND VARIATION IN URBAN SPEECH EXAMPLES FROM LOWLAND SCOTS; Editorial page; Title page ; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE VERNACULAR; 3. DOUBLE STANDARDS; 4. RP R.I.P.; 5. DETERMINING LINGUISTIC INSECURITY; 6. THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DIALECT HUMOUR; 7. URBANITY IN AN URBAN DIALECT; 8. SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES; 9. CONSISTENCY AND VARIATION; The Glasgow study; Group scores; Lexical and phonological constraints; Individual scores; Consistency; Variation; Variation and consistency; The Ayr study |
10. THE ADVERBS OF AUTHORITY11. REMARKABLY COMMON ELOQUENCE: THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN DIALECT; 12. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<i>Standards and Variation in Urban Speech</i> is an examination and exploration of the aims and methods of sociolinguistic investigation, based on studies of Scottish urban speech. It criticially examines the implications of the notions 'vernacular', 'standard |
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