Language Change And Variation
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Linguistic Variation and Change
Author: Scott F. Kiesling
language: en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date: 2011-04-29
The study of variation and change is at the heart of the sociolinguistics. Providing a wide survey of the field, this textbook is organised around three constraints on variation: linguistic structure, social structure and identity, and social and linguistic perception. By considering both structure and meaning, Scott F. Kiesling examines the most important issues surrounding variation theory, including canonical studies and terms as well as challenges to them.
Language Change and Variation
Author: Ralph W. Fasold
language: en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date: 1989-01-01
The study of language variation in social context continues to hold the attention of a large number of linguists. This research is promoted by the annual colloquia on New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English' (NWAVE). This volume is a selection of revised papers from the NWAVE XI, held at Georgetown University. It deals with a number of items, some of which have often been discussed, others that have been less emphasized. The first group of articles in the volume center on a frequent theme: speech communities as the essential setting for understanding variation in language. Earlier work in linguistic variation dealt for the most part with phonological variation and change. Syntactic and morphological change and variation in syntax are also discussed. A selection on the role of variation in understanding first language acquisition comprises three papers. Articles in the last section of the volume concern theoretical controversy and methodological advances.
Life as a Bilingual
Author: François Grosjean
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2021-06-03
A book on those who know and use two or more languages: Who are they? How do they do it?