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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823891703321

Autore

Preston Dennis Richard

Titolo

Perceptual dialectology : nonlinguists' views of areal linguistics / / Dennis R. Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht, Holland ; ; Providence, R.I., : Foris Publications, 1989

ISBN

3-11-087191-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Topics in Sociolinguistics ; ; 7

Disciplina

417.2

Soggetti

English language - United States - Dialectology

Portuguese language - Brazil - Dialectology

Language and languages - Variation

Dialectology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-135) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: The Study of Folk Perceptions of Language Differences: An Historical Account -- Chapter 2: Hawaiian Perceptions of United States Dialect Distribution -- Chapter 3: Where They Speak Correct English: The View from Southern Indiana -- Chapter 4: The Nicest English is in Indiana -- Chapter 5: The Perception of Language Variety in Brazil -- Chapter 6: Five Visions of America -- Chapter 7: Prospects -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

No detailed description available for "Perceptual Dialectology".