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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788812403321

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

New York (State) New York

New York, NY

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.