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Dialect and language variation / / edited by Harold B. Allen, Michael D. Linn |
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Orlando, Florida ; ; London, England : , : Academic Press, Inc., , 1986 |
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©1986 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (633 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Dialectology |
Language and languages - Variation |
English language - United States - Dialectology |
Electronic books. |
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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 at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Dialect and Language Variation; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; PART 1: DIALECT THEORY; CHAPTER 1. LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY: ACHIEVEMENTS, METHODS, AND ORIENTATIONS; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 2. IS STRUCTURAL DIALECTOLOGY POSSIBLE?; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 3. OTHER RECENT APPROACHES; I. GENERATIVE DIALECTOLOGY; II. A 'CONTINUUM' OF VARIETIES: THE 'DYNAMIC MODEL'; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; PART 2: REGIONAL DIALECTS; CHAPTER 4. THE METHODS OF AMERICAN DIALECTOLOGY; LEXICOGRAPHY; LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 5. THE SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUND OF DIALECT AREAS IN AMERICAN ENGLISH |
INTRODUCTIONTHE DIALECTAL STRUCTURE OF NEW ENGLAND; THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE NORTHERN AND THE MIDLAND DIALECT AREAS; THE STRUCTURE OF THE UPPER SOUTH; THE LOWER SOUTH; THE PACIFIC STATES; TEXAS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. GENERAL AMERICAN: AN AMBIGUITY; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 8. THE SPEECH OF RURAL NEW |
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ENGLAND; PHONOLOGICALLY; LEXICALLY; STRESS PATTERNS; SYNTAX AND IDIOM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 9. SOUTH MIDLAND PRONUNCIATION IN THE NORTH CENTRAL STATES; DISTRIBUTION OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTH MIDLAND VARIANTS; CONCLUSIONS; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES |
CHAPTER 10. THE PRIMARY DIALECT AREAS OF THE UPPER MIDWESTFOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 11. GRASSROOTS GRAMMAR IN THE GULF STATES; I; II; Ill; IV; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 12. THE SPEECH OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND: OKLAHOMA; NOTES; CHAPTER 13. PROBLEMS OF ENGLISH SPEECH MIXTURE IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA; FOOTNOTE; CHAPTER 14. UNSTRESSED VOWELS IN APPALACHIAN ENGLISH; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 15. LANGUAGE VARIATION - SOME REALITIES; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 16. THE CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT OF CANADIAN ENGLISH; CHAPTER 17. THE CONCEPT OF DIALECT AND THE STUDY OF CANADIAN ENGLISH; FOOTNOTES |
PART 3: SOCIAL DIALECTS AND LANGUAGE VARIATIONCHAPTER 18. THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SELECTED VERB FORMS IN THE LINGUISTIC ATLAS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL STATES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; CHAPTER 19. THE LINGUISTIC ATLAS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AS A SOURCE OF SOCIOLINGUISTIC INFORMATION; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 20. SOUTHERN WHITE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNITY; INTRODUCTION; LANGUAGE, DIALECT, AND VARIETY; WHITE SOUTHERN AND BLACK ENGLISH; WHITE SOUTHERN AND OTHER WHITE AMERICAN DIALECTS; WHITE SOUTHERN AND ENGLISH OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES; ORIGINS OF SOUTHERN WHITE ENGLISH |
WHITE SOUTHERN AS PART OF PAN-ENGLISHFOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 21. REFLECTIONS ON CLASS AND LANGUAGE; I. A COUPLE AT A SHOPPING MALL; II. THE MAYOR OF MILL TOWN; FOOTNOTES; CHAPTER 22. THE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION OF (r) IN NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT STORES; THE METHOD; DIFFERENTIATION BY AGE OF THE INFORMANTS; SOME METHODOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 23. THE VOCALIZATION OF INTERVOCALIC /1/ IN PHILADELPHIA; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 24. TOWARD A THEORY OF SOCIAL DIALECT VARIATION; INTRODUCTION; CURRENT THEORY OF DIALECT DIFFERENTIATION; PHONETIC CONDITIONING IN SOCIAL DIALECTS |
PRESTIGE DIALECTS AND THE SUPPRESSION OF PHONETICALLY CONDITIONED PROCESSES |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 rel |
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