American dialect research / / edited by Dennis R. Preston ; with the assistance of the members of the committee, John G. Fought [et al.] and the distinguished honorary members of the committee, Dwight Bolinger and Charles F. Hockett

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954490103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-49729-7; 9786613592521; 90-272-7390-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Collana: Centennial series of the American Dialect Society
• Altri autori (Persone): PrestonDennis Richard; FoughtJohn G
• Disciplina: 427/.973
• Soggetti: English language - Dialects - United States; Americanisms
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: AMERICAN DIALECT RESEARCH; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; I. Area Studies; II. Community Studies; III. Group Studies; IV. Special Topics; References; I. Area Studies; The Historical and Cultural Interpretation of Dialect; References; An Approach to Linguistic Geography; The Tape/Text; The Fiche/Text; The Disk/Text; The Book/Text; Note; References; Area Lexicon: The Making of DARE; Notes; Some Applications of Mathematical and Statistical Models in Dialect Geography; Defining Dialect Areas as 'Fuzzy Sets'; Characterizing Regional Interaction with Gravity Models Relating Linguistic and Social Variables through Multivariate Analysis; Conclusion; References; Sociolinguistic Dialectology; 1. Emphases; 2. Questions; 3. Issues; Notes; References; II. Community Studies; Adapting dialectology: The conduct of community language studies; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. Questionnaires and worksheets; 2.1. Language attitude surveys; 2.2. Grammaticaly judgments; 3.0. The observer's paradox; 4.0. Experimental development; 5.0. Social and demographic ; relevance; 6.0. Conclusion; Notes; References; Identifying and Interpreting Variables Introduction; The Linguistic Variable; The Social Variable; The First Stage: Identifying Potential Variables; The Extraction Process; Manipulating Linguistic Variables; Note; References; The quantitative analysis of linguistic variation; 1. Quantitative methods and dialect research; 2. Three steps in quantitative analysis; 3. Data collection: Sampling and reliability.; 4. Approaches to reduction and display.; 5. Approaches to interpretation.; 6. Variable rule analysis; References; III. Group Studies; Variation theory and language contact:; 1.0. Introduction 2.0. Variation Theory; 3.0. Concepts in Language Contact; 4.0. Methods; 5.0. Data Manipulation; 6.0. Discussion; Notes; References; A Perspective on African-American English; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. Why Divergence is Controversial; 3.0. An Approach to BE; 4.0. Results; 5.0. Conclusion; Notes; References; Professional Varieties: The Case of Language and Law; A Personal Preface; Language Varies -- But So What?; Studying the Consequences of Language Variation in Legal Contexts; The Nature of Legal Language; Getting Started; More Recent Concerns; Law and Language Studies More Generally Special Issues in the Study of Law and Language; Other Professional Contexts; Notes; References; IV. Special Topics; Folk Dialectology; 1. Draw a Map; 2. Area Ratings; 3. Area differences; 4. Area identification; 5. Interviews; 6. Conclusion; Notes; References; The Patterning of Variation in Performance; 1. Introduction; 2. Investigating Warao performance; 3. Genre and variation; 4. The metapragmatic encompassment of genre; 5 Conclusion: poetics and the dynamic character of language; Notes; References; Appendix: Resources for Research; Index of Dialects by Archive Number
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume brings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and interpreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society.

Hiljainen vastarinta / / toimittaneet Outi Autti ja Veli-Pekka Lehtola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910315224903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Tampere] : , : Tampere University Press, , [2019]
• ISBN: 9789523590007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 verkkoaineisto (322 sivua)
• Disciplina: 300
• Soggetti: History: specific events & topics; Society & culture: general; vastustus; vastarinta; passiivinen vastarinta; arki; rokotteet; kriittisyys; saamelaiset; sotavangit; inkeriläiset; nuoret; koulukodit; yrittäjyys; partisaanit; joukkueurheilu; jatkosota; vähemmistöt; historia; motstånd; motvärn; passivt motstånd; vardag; vaccin; kritiskhet; samer; krigsfångar; ingermanlänningar; ungdomar; skolhem; entreprenörskap; lagidrott; partisaner; fortsättningskriget; minoriteter; Suomi; Viro; Neuvostoliitto; Finland; Estland; Sovjetunionen
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Finlandese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Vertaisarvioitu.; Refereed.; Peer-reviewed.
• Nota di bibliografia: Sisältää bibliografisia viitteitä.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book provides the reader with understanding of the phenomenon of silent resistance, collecting and presenting research on it. Regulating, governing or controlling human activity often generates open resistance, which has been studied from the points of view of democracy, civil disobedience or political activism, for example. However, power relations and conflicts can also involve another kind of resistance, which may not necessarily even be recognised as resistance at first. It can be called silent, passive, invisible or everyday resistance. Silent resistance is a way of the subjugated or otherwise marginalised to challenge the dominant rules or systems. Because it does not proclaim resistance but rather tries to stay out of publicity, it is risk-free and low-profile activity that is seemingly non-political – and you can get away with it.Silent resistance can take many different forms: it may appear, for example, as silence and grumbling, isolation, avoiding and hindering issues or shifting attention to something irrelevant. The importance of everyday resistance rises from the signals of small networks in a situation where open confrontation is not possible or desired, but total inactivity is not an option either. Moreover, silent resistance remaining in the margin cannot be considered separate from open resistance, but as an important part in the process of realising more open resistance. Although power relations serve as the event framework of the phenomenon, silent resistance is a weapon not only in the hands of the subjugated. Its tactics can also be used by those who hold power.With the articles in the book, the reader can follow the most diverse situations of silent resistance through both historical and contemporary events. The cases outline different forms of silent resistance, as well as its mechanisms and motives. The articles in the collection reveal aspects of sociology, cultural anthropology, cultural research, youth research and historical research. This emphasises the wide spectrum of silent resistance, its loudness and multidisciplinary character.