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Folk Linguistics (Hardcover, Reprint 2010): Nancy A. Niedzielski, Dennis R. Preston Folk Linguistics (Hardcover, Reprint 2010)
Nancy A. Niedzielski, Dennis R. Preston
R6,099 Discovery Miles 60 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Folk Linguistics (Paperback, New edition): Nancy A. Niedzielski, Dennis R. Preston Folk Linguistics (Paperback, New edition)
Nancy A. Niedzielski, Dennis R. Preston
R1,154 R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Save R87 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of that field. Introductory texts often disparage folkbelief in contrast to 'scientific truth'. In fact, language is a ubiquitous topic of discussion and general concern of the folk. They talk about grammar, pronunciation, first and second language learning, language disabilities, dialects, gender and language, and a host of other topics. This book approaches such beliefs as one of the most important aspects of ethnography. Surely what a people believe about their language is as important as any other key to an understanding of their culture.;

Perceptual Dialectology - Nonlinguists' Views of Areal Linguistics (Hardcover, Reprint 2011): Dennis R. Preston Perceptual Dialectology - Nonlinguists' Views of Areal Linguistics (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Dennis R. Preston
R3,377 Discovery Miles 33 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Reader in Sociophonetics (Paperback): Dennis R. Preston, Nancy Niedzielski A Reader in Sociophonetics (Paperback)
Dennis R. Preston, Nancy Niedzielski
R1,000 R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Save R174 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Sociophonetics is one of the sub-branches of the discipline that has attracted a great deal of attention over the last decade. Recent advances in speech science and their technological simulations allow increasingly sophisticated studies of the progress of language contact and change. These studies, particularly those at the level of pronunciation, show that language variety is robust and socially embedded in interesting ways. Instrumental studies of language variety contact and change have focused on the role of social categories and attitudes in variety perception as well as production. Some of the studies presented in this volume look at the specific role of social factors in the formation, progress, and deterrence of intralingual contact and change; while others look at the ways in which social identities and beliefs influence a listener's ability to identify and comprehend varieties. These studies use detailed acoustic analyses of production speech data and of responses to samples of data based on such analyses. Although the book assumes some knowledge of basic acoustics and variationist studies, the general introduction provides a review of practices in the field, including those of collection, analysis, and interpretation.

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