Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation - Key Topics in Sociolinguistics Series

Informationen zum Autor Sali Tagliamonte is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. Klappentext A comprehensive 'how to' guide to the practical analysis of language variation in a social context. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation (how language varies in social context). Practical and informal! it shows in a step-by-step fashion how the analysis is carried out! leading the reader through every stage of a sociolinguistic research project. Contains checklists! tips! and exercises. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Data collection; 3. The sociolinguistic interview; 4. Data, data and more data; 5. The linguistic variable; 6. Formulating hypothesis/operationalizing claims; 7. The variable rule program: theory and practice; 8. The 'how to's of a variationist analysis; 9. Distributional analysis; 10. Multivariate analysis; 11. Interpreting your results; 12. Finding the story.

Product details

• Authors: Sali Tagliamonte, Sali A. Tagliamonte, Tagliamonte Sali A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2006
• EAN: 9780521778183
• ISBN: 978-0-521-77818-3
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Key Topics in Sociolinguistics; Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics