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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457550103321

Autore

Macaulay Ronald K. S

Titolo

Standards and variation in urban speech [[electronic resource] ] : examples from Lowland Scots / / Ronald K.S. Macaulay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c1997

ISBN

1-283-35837-9

9786613358370

90-272-7575-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Varieties of English around the world. General series, , 0172-7362 ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

427/.9413

Soggetti

Scots language - Spoken Scots

Scots language - Variation

Scots language - Standardization

Urban dialects - Scotland

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

<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



language', 'Received Pronunciation', 'social class', and 'linguistic insecurity'. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using examples from comedians' jokes, dialect poetry, formal and informal interviews, and personal narratives, the work illustrates the actual norms that speakers exemplify in various ways.