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Linguistic Variation in Boston (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Linguistic Variation in Boston (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien. The
present study is a critical survey of dialectological and
sociolinguistic studies, and should contribute towards answering
the question whether dialect areas such as Boston and Eastern New
England are converging or diverging. The study's theoretical
framework is based on both Lexical Diffusion and Neogrammarian
positions. The pivotal Northern Cities Shift, a prominent and
on-going vowel rotation pattern in the United States, the so-called
« third dialect area, and « Boston English are accommodated in the
concepts of Lexical Diffusion and Neogrammarian viewpoints. The
focal part is an empirical study investigating salient
Bostonianisms (the short /a/, the short /o/, and the postvocalic
/r/). Apart from theoretical considerations, the steps to run the
VARBRUL program are explained and commented upon. Finally, the
results of the study are discussed as they relate to social,
regional and ethnic variations in North America. Contents: A survey
of dialectological and sociolinguistic research on American English
- Current theoretical approaches to sound change - Aspects of
language variation - Socio-historical features of New England and
Boston - From 17th century New England to 20th century Boston
English.
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