Investigating Variation - The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting

Informationen zum Autor Nancy C. Dorian is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired) Klappentext Nancy C. Dorian's examination of the fisherfolk Gaelic spoken in a Highland Scottish village offers a number of explanations for delayed recogntion of linguistic variation unrelated to social class or other social sub-groups. Zusammenfassung Nancy C. Dorian's examination of the fisherfolk Gaelic spoken in a Highland Scottish village offers a number of explanations for delayed recogntion of linguistic variation unrelated to social class or other social sub-groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: The Variation Puzzle 2.: The East Sutherland Fishing Communities 3.: Dimensions of Linguistic Variation in a Socioeconomically Homogeneous Population 4.: A General Introduction to Speakers and Variables 5.: A Close Look at Some Embo Variables and their Use 6.: Kin Groups, Peer Groups, and Variation 7.: Speech Norms, Accommodation, and Speaking Well in Gaelic Embo 8.: Socially Neutral Linguistic Variation: Where, Why, What for, and How? 9.: Conclusion Notes References

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• Authors: Nancy C Dorian, Nancy C (Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology Dorian, Nancy C. Dorian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.08.2009
• EAN: 9780195385939
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538593-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics; Oxford Studies in Sociolinguis
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Scottish Gaelic, Dialect, slang & jargon, Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands, Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands, Dialect, slang and jargon