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Lexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990 / / Ellen Johnson



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Autore: Johnson Ellen <1959-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Lexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990 / / Ellen Johnson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 pages)
Disciplina: 427/.975
Soggetto topico: English language - Southern States - Lexicology
English language - Variation - Southern States
English language - Dialects - Southern States
Language and culture - Southern States
Americanisms - Southern States
Linguistic change
Soggetto geografico: Southern States Languages
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Collection and Categorization of the Data; The Linguistic Variables and the Interview; The Social and Regional Variables; 2 Variation; Patterns of Variation; Statistical Methods; Special Topics; 3 Change; Statistical Methods; Change and Variation; Change in the Lexicon; 4 Culture and the Lexicon; The Lexicon as an Object of Study; Cultural Change and Lexical Change; Society and Language Variation; Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches; Appendix 2: Variants Associated with Regional or Social Groups
Appendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic Change Appendix 4: Tallies and Selected Commentary; Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book discusses words used in the Southeast and how they have changed during the 20th century. It also describes how the lexicon varies according to the speaker's age, race, education, sex, and place of residence (urban versus rural; coastal versus piedmont versus mountain). Data collected in the 1930's as part of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States project were compared with data collected in 1990 from similar speakers in the same communities. The results show that region was the most important factor in differentiating
Titolo autorizzato: Lexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8450-2
0-585-17826-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827282603321
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