Dialectology (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Hardcover
Dialectology is the study of language variation. Traditionally, this has largely been the province of dialect geographers, who concentrated on the speech of the linguistically conservative rural population in order to map regional differences. Interest has shifted to urban speech, and sociolinguists have correlated linguistic variables with other variables such as age, social class, sex and ethnic background. Dialectology not only provides a thorough exposition of these two approaches - their histories, methodologies and significant results, drawn from studies of a wide range of languages - it also integrates them within a single conceptual framework as two aspects of the same discipline. The authors argue that dialectology can thus make an important contribution to general linguistic theory and in particular answer questions about variability in language, which has in the past too often been assigned peripheral or accidental status. Designed primarily as a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate courses in dialect studies, this book also points towards innovative and stimulating research areas.
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Dialectology is the study of language variation. It integrates dialect geography, a mapping of regional differences in linguistics, and sociolinguistics, a discipline exploring different social factors in linguistic variation. Designed primarily as a comprehensive textbook for undergraduates in dialect studies, this book also points towards innovative and stimulating research areas.
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'The book can, and without doubt will, serve as a valuable introduction to the field of dialectology, its basic notions, methodology and lines of future development to numerous students of disciplines related to either linguistics or social studies.' The Linguist
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0521224012
- ISBN 13 9780521224017
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages232
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