Author: Albert Henry MarckwardtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Principal and Subsidiary Dialect Areas in the North-Central States
Author: Albert Henry MarckwardtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Principal and Subsidiary Dialect Areas in the North-Central States
Author: William Anthony WillibrandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Principal and subsidiary dialect areas in the North-central states, W. A. Willibrand, English loan words in the Low German dialect of Westphalia, Missouri and the American dialect society secretary's report
Author: PRINCIPAL AND SUBSIDIARY DIALECT AREAS IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL STATE.
Author: Albert Henry MarckwardtDialect and Language Variation
Author: Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483294765
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
This anthology emphasizes dialects of American English and language variation in America. The editors present original essays by today's leading investigators, including articles by some of Europe's best dialectologists, obtained expressly for this work. Important topics featured in Dialect and Language Variation include:**Dialect theories: linguistic geography, structural and generative dialectology, and language variation.**The nature of social dialects and language variation, with attention to women's speech.**Overview of regional dialects and area studies.**The nature and study of the relationship between ethnicity and dialects, including Black, Italian, Irish, Chicano, and Jewish ethnic groups.**The application of dialect studies to education.**Of special interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, and English language educators and specialists, this work provides original insight into**a general background and history of dialect theory**an overview of regional geography and area studies**the principles of social dialects and language variation from several perspectives**an exploration of the relationship between ethnicity and dialects o explanations of the relationship between historical and language change**a section on how dialects and language variation can contribute to effective language instruction.
American English Dialects in Literature
Author: Eva Mae BurkettPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810811515
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
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The Handbook of Dialectology
Author: Charles BobergPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118827597
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry
Language Mapping
Author: Jürgen Erich SchmidtPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110219166
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 937
Book Description
The Handbook of Language Mapping aims to explore the core methodological and theoretical approaches of linguistic cartography. In both empirical and theoretical linguistics, the spatial variation of language is of increasing interest and the visualization of language in space is therefore also of growing significance. It is the precondition for correct data interpretation. But how does it work? What has to be considered when drawing a map? And how has the problem been tackled so far? This book provides answers to such questions by taking a closer look at the theoretical issues surrounding cartography and at the concrete practice of mapping. The fundamental issues raised are addressed particularly well, since linguistic geography is not only one of the domains with a lengthy tradition, it is also one of the most progressive fields in linguistics. At the same time, because of their visual primacy, linguistic maps directly confront the challenges of human perception and aesthetics. In this context, envisioning the fruits of language mapping is a fascinating and inspiring endeavor, not just for experts. With its accessible texts and wealth of full-color images, the handbook not only represents a comprehensive manual serving the interests of a variety of readers, it also fills a gap in the ongoing linguistic discourse.
Regional Variation in Written American English
Author: Jack GrievePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316419029
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The first study of its kind, Regional Variation in Written American English takes a corpus-based approach to map over a hundred grammatical alternation variables across the United States. A multivariate spatial analysis of these maps shows that grammatical alternation variables follow a relatively small number of common regional patterns in American English, which can be explained based on both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. Based on this rigorous analysis of extensive data, Grieve identifies five primary modern American dialect regions, demonstrating that regional variation is far more pervasive and complex in natural language than is generally assumed. The wealth of maps and data and the groundbreaking implications of this volume make it essential reading for students and researchers in linguistics, English language, geography, computer science, sociology and communication studies.
Language Variation and Change in the American Midland
Author: Thomas Edward MurrayPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248966
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
This volume explores the linguistic complexities and critical issues of the Midland dialect area of the USA, and contains a unique data-based set of investigations of the Midlands dialect. The authors demonstrate that the large central part of the United States known colloquially as the Heartland, geo-culturally as the Midwest, and linguistically as the Midland is a very real dialect area, one with regional cohesiveness, social complexity, and psycho-emotional impact. The individual essays problematize historical origins, track linguistic markers of social identity over time and across social spaces, frame dialect issues within the linguistic marketplace, account for extra-linguistic influences on changing patterns of linguistic behaviors, and describe maintenance strategies of non-English languages. This book is an important move forward in the understanding of American English. Sociolinguists, dialectologists, applied linguists, and all those involved in the statistical and qualitative study of language variation will find this volume relevant, timely, and insightful.