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Record Nr.

UNISA996205986103316

Autore

Milroy Lesley

Titolo

Sociolinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : method and interpretation / / Lesley Milroy and Matthew Gordon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-281-32129-X

9786611321291

0-470-75835-X

0-470-75820-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Language in society ; ; 34

Altri autori (Persone)

GordonMatthew J

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

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 (p. [230]-256) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Sociolinguistics: Models and Methods; 2 Locating and Selecting Subjects; 3 Data Collection; 4 Language Variation and the Social World: Issues in Analysis and Interpretation; 5 Social Relationships and Social Practices; 6 Investigating Phonological Variation; 7 Beyond Phonology: Analyzing and Interpreting Higher Level Variation; 8 Style-Shifting and Code-Switching; 9 Epilogue; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.:.; Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology.; Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style-shifting and code-switching.; Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.; Stresses the need fo