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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
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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
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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
Edizione [1st ed.]
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-9910815603803321
Amsterdam : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993
Materiale a stampa
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American English / / Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling ; enhancements and exercises by Caroline Myrick and Joel Schneier
American English / / Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling ; enhancements and exercises by Caroline Myrick and Joel Schneier
Autore Wolfram Walt <1941->
Edizione [Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (533 p.)
Disciplina 427/.973
Collana Language in Society
Soggetto topico English language - Dialects - United States
English language - Variation - United States
Americanisms
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-118-39143-8
1-118-39145-4
Classificazione LAN009050
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Dialects, standards, and vernaculars -- Why dialects? -- Levels of dialect -- Dialects in the United States : past, present, and future -- Regional varieties of English -- Social varieties of American English -- Ethnicity and American English -- African American English -- Gender and language variation -- Dialects and style -- The application of dialect study -- Dialect awareness : extending application.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460564103321
Wolfram Walt <1941->  
Chichester, West Sussex, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016
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American English : Dialects and Variation
American English : Dialects and Variation
Autore Wolfram Walt
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (457 pages)
Disciplina 427/.973
Altri autori (Persone) SchillingNatalie
Collana Language in Society Ser.
Soggetto topico English language -- Dialects -- United States
English language -- Variation -- United States
Americanisms
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 9781118391433
9781118390221
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Companion Website -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Phonetic Symbols -- Chapter 1 Dialects, Standards, and Vernaculars -- 1.1 Defining Dialect -- 1.2 Dialect: The Popular Viewpoint -- 1.3 Dialect Myths and Linguistic Reality -- 1.4 Standards and Vernaculars -- 1.5 Language Descriptivism and Prescriptivism -- 1.6 Vernacular Dialects -- 1.7 Labeling Vernacular Dialects -- 1.8 Why Study Dialects? -- 1.9 A Tradition of Study -- 1.10 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 2 Why Dialects? -- 2.1 Sociohistorical Explanation -- 2.1.1 Settlement -- 2.1.2 Migration -- 2.1.3 Geographical factors -- 2.1.4 Language contact -- 2.1.5 Economic ecology -- 2.1.6 Social stratification -- 2.1.7 Social interaction, social practices, and speech communities -- 2.1.8 Group and individual identity -- 2.2 Linguistic Explanation -- 2.2.1 Rule extension -- 2.2.2 Analogy -- 2.2.3 Transparency and grammaticalization -- 2.2.4 Pronunciation principles -- 2.2.5 Words and word meanings -- 2.3 The Final Product -- 2.4 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 3 Levels of Dialect -- 3.1 Lexical Differences -- 3.2 Slang -- 3.3 Phonological Differences -- 3.4 Grammatical Differences -- 3.5 Language Use and Pragmatics -- 3.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4 Dialects in the United States: Past, Present, and Future -- 4.1 The First English(es) in America -- 4.1.1 Jamestown -- 4.1.2 Boston -- 4.1.3 Philadelphia -- 4.1.4 Charleston -- 4.1.5 New Orleans -- 4.2 Earlier American English: The Colonial Period -- 4.3 American English Extended -- 4.4 The Westward Expansion of English -- 4.5 The Present and Future State of American English -- 4.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5 Regional Varieties of English -- 5.1 Eliciting Regional Dialect Forms -- 5.2 Mapping Regional Variants -- 5.3 The Distribution of Dialect Forms.
5.4 Dialect Diffusion -- 5.5 Perceptual Dialectology -- 5.6 Region and Place -- 5.7 Further Reading -- Websites -- References -- Chapter 6 Social Varieties of American English -- 6.1 Social Status and Class -- 6.2 Beyond Social Class -- 6.3 Indexing Social Meanings through Language Variation -- 6.4 The Patterning of Social Differences in Language -- 6.5 Linguistic Constraints on Variability -- 6.6 The Social Evaluation of Linguistic Features -- 6.7 Social Class and Language Change -- 6.8 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7 Ethnicity and American English -- 7.1 Ethnic Varieties and Ethnolinguistic Repertoire -- 7.2 Patterns of Ethnolinguistic Variation -- 7.3 Latino English -- 7.4 Cajun English -- 7.5 Lumbee English -- 7.6 Jewish American English -- 7.7 Asian American English -- 7.8 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 8 African American English -- 8.1 Defining the English of African Americans -- 8.2 The Relationship between European American and African American English -- 8.3 The Origin and Early Development of African American English -- 8.3.1 The Anglicist Hypothesis -- 8.3.2 The Creolist Hypothesis -- 8.3.3 A Note on Creole Exceptionalism -- 8.3.4 The Neo-Anglicist Hypothesis -- 8.3.5 The Substrate Hypothesis -- 8.4 The Contemporary Development of African American Speech -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 8.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 9 Gender and Language Variation -- 9.1 Gender-based Patterns of Variation -- 9.2 Explaining General Patterns -- 9.3 Localized Expressions of Gender Relations -- 9.4 Communities of Practice: Linking the Local and the Global -- 9.5 Gender and Language Use -- 9.5.1 The "Female Deficit" Approach -- 9.5.2 The "Cultural Difference" Approach -- 9.5.3 The "Dominance" Approach -- 9.6 Investigating Gender Diversity -- 9.7 Talking about Men and Women -- 9.7.1 Generic he and man -- 9.7.2 Family names and addresses.
9.7.3 Relationships of association -- 9.7.4 Labeling -- 9.8 The Question of Language Reform -- 9.9 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 10 Dialects and Style -- 10.1 Types of Style Shifting -- 10.2 Attention to Speech -- 10.2.1 The patterning of stylistic variation across social groups -- 10.2.2 Limitations of the attention to speech approach -- 10.3 Audience Design -- 10.3.1 The effects of audience on speech style -- 10.3.2 Questions concerning audience design -- 10.4 Speaker Design Approaches -- 10.4.1 Three approaches to style, "three waves" of quantitative sociolinguistic study -- 10.4.2 Studying stylistic variation from a speaker-design perspective -- 10.5 Further Considerations -- 10.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 11 The Application of Dialect Study -- 11.1 Dialects and Assessment Testing -- 11.1.1 "Correctness" in assessing language achievement and development -- 11.1.2 Testing linguistic knowledge -- 11.1.3 Using language to test other knowledge -- 11.1.4 The testing situation -- 11.2 Teaching Mainstream American English -- 11.2.1 What standard? -- 11.2.2 Approaches to MAE -- 11.2.3 Can MAE be taught? -- 11.3 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 12 Dialect Awareness: Extending Application -- 12.1 Dialects and Reading -- 12.2 Dialect Influence in Written Language -- 12.3 Literary Dialect -- 12.4 Proactive Dialect Awareness Programs -- 12.5 Venues of Engagement -- 12.6 A Curriculum on Dialects -- 12.7 Scrutinizing Sociolinguistic Engagement -- 12.8 Further Reading -- Websites -- References -- Appendix: An Inventory of Distinguishing Dialect Features -- Phonological Features -- Consonants -- Grammatical Features -- The Verb Phrase -- Adverbs -- Negation -- Nouns and Pronouns -- Other Grammatical Structures -- References -- Glossary -- Reference -- Index -- EULA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910795808403321
Wolfram Walt  
Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
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American English : Dialects and Variation
American English : Dialects and Variation
Autore Wolfram Walt
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (457 pages)
Disciplina 427/.973
Altri autori (Persone) SchillingNatalie
Collana Language in Society Ser.
Soggetto topico English language -- Dialects -- United States
English language -- Variation -- United States
Americanisms
ISBN 9781118391433
9781118390221
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Companion Website -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Phonetic Symbols -- Chapter 1 Dialects, Standards, and Vernaculars -- 1.1 Defining Dialect -- 1.2 Dialect: The Popular Viewpoint -- 1.3 Dialect Myths and Linguistic Reality -- 1.4 Standards and Vernaculars -- 1.5 Language Descriptivism and Prescriptivism -- 1.6 Vernacular Dialects -- 1.7 Labeling Vernacular Dialects -- 1.8 Why Study Dialects? -- 1.9 A Tradition of Study -- 1.10 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 2 Why Dialects? -- 2.1 Sociohistorical Explanation -- 2.1.1 Settlement -- 2.1.2 Migration -- 2.1.3 Geographical factors -- 2.1.4 Language contact -- 2.1.5 Economic ecology -- 2.1.6 Social stratification -- 2.1.7 Social interaction, social practices, and speech communities -- 2.1.8 Group and individual identity -- 2.2 Linguistic Explanation -- 2.2.1 Rule extension -- 2.2.2 Analogy -- 2.2.3 Transparency and grammaticalization -- 2.2.4 Pronunciation principles -- 2.2.5 Words and word meanings -- 2.3 The Final Product -- 2.4 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 3 Levels of Dialect -- 3.1 Lexical Differences -- 3.2 Slang -- 3.3 Phonological Differences -- 3.4 Grammatical Differences -- 3.5 Language Use and Pragmatics -- 3.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 4 Dialects in the United States: Past, Present, and Future -- 4.1 The First English(es) in America -- 4.1.1 Jamestown -- 4.1.2 Boston -- 4.1.3 Philadelphia -- 4.1.4 Charleston -- 4.1.5 New Orleans -- 4.2 Earlier American English: The Colonial Period -- 4.3 American English Extended -- 4.4 The Westward Expansion of English -- 4.5 The Present and Future State of American English -- 4.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 5 Regional Varieties of English -- 5.1 Eliciting Regional Dialect Forms -- 5.2 Mapping Regional Variants -- 5.3 The Distribution of Dialect Forms.
5.4 Dialect Diffusion -- 5.5 Perceptual Dialectology -- 5.6 Region and Place -- 5.7 Further Reading -- Websites -- References -- Chapter 6 Social Varieties of American English -- 6.1 Social Status and Class -- 6.2 Beyond Social Class -- 6.3 Indexing Social Meanings through Language Variation -- 6.4 The Patterning of Social Differences in Language -- 6.5 Linguistic Constraints on Variability -- 6.6 The Social Evaluation of Linguistic Features -- 6.7 Social Class and Language Change -- 6.8 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7 Ethnicity and American English -- 7.1 Ethnic Varieties and Ethnolinguistic Repertoire -- 7.2 Patterns of Ethnolinguistic Variation -- 7.3 Latino English -- 7.4 Cajun English -- 7.5 Lumbee English -- 7.6 Jewish American English -- 7.7 Asian American English -- 7.8 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 8 African American English -- 8.1 Defining the English of African Americans -- 8.2 The Relationship between European American and African American English -- 8.3 The Origin and Early Development of African American English -- 8.3.1 The Anglicist Hypothesis -- 8.3.2 The Creolist Hypothesis -- 8.3.3 A Note on Creole Exceptionalism -- 8.3.4 The Neo-Anglicist Hypothesis -- 8.3.5 The Substrate Hypothesis -- 8.4 The Contemporary Development of African American Speech -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 8.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 9 Gender and Language Variation -- 9.1 Gender-based Patterns of Variation -- 9.2 Explaining General Patterns -- 9.3 Localized Expressions of Gender Relations -- 9.4 Communities of Practice: Linking the Local and the Global -- 9.5 Gender and Language Use -- 9.5.1 The "Female Deficit" Approach -- 9.5.2 The "Cultural Difference" Approach -- 9.5.3 The "Dominance" Approach -- 9.6 Investigating Gender Diversity -- 9.7 Talking about Men and Women -- 9.7.1 Generic he and man -- 9.7.2 Family names and addresses.
9.7.3 Relationships of association -- 9.7.4 Labeling -- 9.8 The Question of Language Reform -- 9.9 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 10 Dialects and Style -- 10.1 Types of Style Shifting -- 10.2 Attention to Speech -- 10.2.1 The patterning of stylistic variation across social groups -- 10.2.2 Limitations of the attention to speech approach -- 10.3 Audience Design -- 10.3.1 The effects of audience on speech style -- 10.3.2 Questions concerning audience design -- 10.4 Speaker Design Approaches -- 10.4.1 Three approaches to style, "three waves" of quantitative sociolinguistic study -- 10.4.2 Studying stylistic variation from a speaker-design perspective -- 10.5 Further Considerations -- 10.6 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 11 The Application of Dialect Study -- 11.1 Dialects and Assessment Testing -- 11.1.1 "Correctness" in assessing language achievement and development -- 11.1.2 Testing linguistic knowledge -- 11.1.3 Using language to test other knowledge -- 11.1.4 The testing situation -- 11.2 Teaching Mainstream American English -- 11.2.1 What standard? -- 11.2.2 Approaches to MAE -- 11.2.3 Can MAE be taught? -- 11.3 Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 12 Dialect Awareness: Extending Application -- 12.1 Dialects and Reading -- 12.2 Dialect Influence in Written Language -- 12.3 Literary Dialect -- 12.4 Proactive Dialect Awareness Programs -- 12.5 Venues of Engagement -- 12.6 A Curriculum on Dialects -- 12.7 Scrutinizing Sociolinguistic Engagement -- 12.8 Further Reading -- Websites -- References -- Appendix: An Inventory of Distinguishing Dialect Features -- Phonological Features -- Consonants -- Grammatical Features -- The Verb Phrase -- Adverbs -- Negation -- Nouns and Pronouns -- Other Grammatical Structures -- References -- Glossary -- Reference -- Index -- EULA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814989403321
Wolfram Walt  
Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2015
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Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Autore Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 427/.973
Altri autori (Persone) DohertyJohn
Soggetto topico English language - United States - Slang
Americanisms
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-24625-2
9786613246257
1-4422-1168-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Made in the U.S.A.; Teachers and Other Pioneers; The New World Lingo; From Revolution to Tsunami; The Lishes of Amglish; Ten Easy Lessons; Notes; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457042103321
Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)  
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
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Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons [[electronic resource] ] : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Autore Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 427/.973
Altri autori (Persone) DohertyJohn
Soggetto topico English language - United States - Slang
Americanisms
ISBN 1-283-24625-2
9786613246257
1-4422-1168-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Made in the U.S.A.; Teachers and Other Pioneers; The New World Lingo; From Revolution to Tsunami; The Lishes of Amglish; Ten Easy Lessons; Notes; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781766703321
Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)  
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
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Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Amglish in, like, ten easy lessons : a celebration of the new world lingo / / Arthur E. Rowse ; with illustrations by John Doherty
Autore Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina 427/.973
Altri autori (Persone) DohertyJohn
Soggetto topico English language - United States - Slang
Americanisms
ISBN 1-283-24625-2
9786613246257
1-4422-1168-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Made in the U.S.A.; Teachers and Other Pioneers; The New World Lingo; From Revolution to Tsunami; The Lishes of Amglish; Ten Easy Lessons; Notes; Index
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Rowse Arthur E (Arthur Edward)  
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, : Distributed by National Book Network, 2011
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Distancing English : A Chapter in the History of the Inexpressible / / Page Richards
Distancing English : A Chapter in the History of the Inexpressible / / Page Richards
Autore Richards Page
Pubbl/distr/stampa Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (viii, 178 p. )
Disciplina 427/.973
Soggetto topico Literature and society - United States - History
American literature - Foreign influences
English language - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8142-7165-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto A tale of two languages and Whitman's preface -- The inexpressible -- Framing -- Translating English into English and "damned serious humour" -- The inexpressible and the thing itself.
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Richards Page  
Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2009
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