Author: Publisher: Slatkine
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Author: Standardising English
Author: Linda PillièrePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110719105X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Leading researchers shed new light on the history of the standardisation of English.
From Latin to Modern French with Especial Consideration of Anglo-Norman
Author: Mildred Katharine PopePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719001765
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
History of Linguistics 2005
Author: Douglas A. KibbeePublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291721
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
As each period in the history of the language sciences has chosen to focus on different key questions, the study of that history promises to open our eyes to the variety of interesting questions that can be asked, and answered – taking off the blinders of contemporary preoccupations. September 1–5, 2005, linguists from twenty-five countries gathered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to share their passion for the history of their discipline. This volume is a distillation of many fine contributions from that conference, shedding light on the many different approaches to the study of language.
Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French
Author: Janice CarruthersPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192647075
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
This volume brings together two particularly dynamic areas of contemporary research on the French language. The chapters showcase the most innovative current scholarship in historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and in the burgeoning field of historical sociolinguistics which lies at their intersection. The research across the volume is strongly data-centred, drawing on a wide range of both well-established and more novel theoretical and methodological approaches in order to open up new perspectives on the study of the French language in the twenty-first century. Although it is written in English, the work presented here is underpinned by a range of different approaches from across the Francophone and Anglophone worlds. Particular emphasis is placed on combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, on diversifying tools, methods, and objects of inquiry, and on adopting comparative and multilingual perspectives where these shed new light on important questions relating to French. In these ways, Historical and Sociolinguistic Approaches to French highlights some of the most exciting new directions for linguistic research on the French language.
Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900
Author: Gijsbert RuttenPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 9027268797
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Historical sociolinguistics has successfully challenged the traditional focus on standardization in linguistic historiography. Extensive research on newly uncovered textual resources has shown the widespread variation in the written language of the past that was previously hidden or neglected. The time has come to integrate both perspectives, and to reassess the importance of language norms, standardization and prescription on the basis of sound empirical studies of large corpora of texts. The chapters in this volume discuss the interplay of language norms and language use in the history of Dutch, English, French and German between 1600 and 1900. Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter focuses on one language and one century. A substantial introductory chapter puts the twelve research chapters into a comparative perspective. The book is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology and social history to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.
A Sociolinguistic History of Parisian French
Author: R. Anthony LodgePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521821797
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This book examines the interlinked history of Parisian speech and the Parisian population.
Catalog
Author: Aachen. StadtbibliothekPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
History of Linguistics 2017
Author: Émilie AussantPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN: 902726127X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The present book is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (Paris 2017). The volume is divided thematically into three parts: I. Notions and categories, II. Representations and receptions, III. Learning, codification and the linguistic practices of social actors. The first part is especially concerned with data not easily handled by extant traditions of linguistic analysis, and with constructs and perspectives which proved difficult to establish in the linguist’s descriptive apparatus. Part II groups six studies dealing with alternative representations of linguistic data, and matters of interpretation and reception regarding the work of three important linguists (Saussure, Jespersen, Chomsky). The scope of part III embraces social and pedagogical practices as well as the involvement of linguists in questions of national identity.
Concreteness in Generative Phonology
Author: Bernard TranelPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520414225
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Concreteness in Generative Phonology presents major topics in French phonology and morphology within the theoretical framework of generative grammar. The concrete analyses advocated in Bernard Tranel’s study constitute a radical departure from the abstract solutions proposed in previous generative treatments. Abundant internal and external evidence anchors the concrete approach, which is based on the recognition of the lexical nature of nasal vowels, the absence of protective schwas, and the necessity of a rule-feature analysis for h-aspire words. French phonology has been a well-known subject of controversy, both because French is an influential Indo-European language and because the complexity of the data has made it difficult to decide certain issues. This integrated account brings to bear data generally omitted from consideration, demonstrates the critical role that substantive evidence plays as a tool of investigation, and provides a data-based comparison between two approaches within the same broad generative framework. Taking advantage of certain theoretical developments, Tranel presents each problem set of data alongside previous and logical possible analyses and clearly lays out the arguments for and against each analysis. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.