Nancy C Dorian

Investigating Variation

The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting

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Produktbeschreibung

Nancy C. Dorian's examination of the fisherfolk Gaelic spoken in a Highland Scottish village offers a number of explanations for delayed recogntion of linguistic variation unrelated to social class or other social sub-groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780195385939
• ISBN-10: 0195385934
• Artikelnr.: 29933558

Autorenporträt

Nancy C. Dorian is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired)

Inhaltsangabe

* 1.: The Variation Puzzle
* 2.: The East Sutherland Fishing Communities
* 3.: Dimensions of Linguistic Variation in a Socioeconomically
Homogeneous Population
* 4.: A General Introduction to Speakers and Variables
* 5.: A Close Look at Some Embo Variables and their Use
* 6.: Kin Groups, Peer Groups, and Variation
* 7.: Speech Norms, Accommodation, and Speaking Well in Gaelic Embo
* 8.: Socially Neutral Linguistic Variation: Where, Why, What for, and
How?
* 9.: Conclusion
* Notes
* References