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American dialect research [[electronic resource] /] / 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
| American dialect research [[electronic resource] /] / 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427/.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrestonDennis Richard
FoughtJohn G |
| Collana | Centennial series of the American Dialect Society |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Dialects - United States
Americanisms |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49729-7
9786613592521 90-272-7390-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461435403321 |
| Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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
| 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 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (480 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427/.973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PrestonDennis Richard
FoughtJohn G |
| Collana | Centennial series of the American Dialect Society |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Dialects - United States
Americanisms |
| ISBN |
1-280-49729-7
9786613592521 90-272-7390-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790203703321 |
| Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||