The Handbook of Language Variation and Change - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0631218033 ISBN 13 : 9780631218036

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

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"Languages do not exist but in space and time. Their variability is what allows them to function as means of communication and social interaction. The present Handbook presents an up–to–date and in–depth account of how to study this aspect of language which is at the interface of historical linguistics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics. The editors and contributing authors are among the most prolific scholars in the field. Their collective effort shows us how the versatility of ′real′ situated speech can be made an object of rigorous scientific investigation and what can be learned from it about language and society." Florian Coulmas, Chuo University

"At last we have an authoritative place to go to discover the impressive accomplishments of the research on linguistic variation and change over the past forty years and to get a glimpse of the future. The editors of this Handbook have put together an excellent survey of what variationists do, produced by an admirable combination of scholars who helped found the field along with linguists from the next generation. This is an excellent volume. Buy it!" Ralph Fasold, Georgetown University

"The Handbook of Language Variation and Change is a convenient, hand–held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change. This Handbook allows the next generation of academics to perpetuate all of these fields of study and explore them with the kind of depth unimaginable to their predecessors." Folia Linguistica

"The Handbook of Language Variation and Change is a long–awaited volume which aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the ′socio–linguistic enterprise ... in its multifaceted pursuits′. This is indeed a challenge, but one that the volume thoroughly meets: it is an authoritative guide, which provides an excellent contribution to the diverse field of variationist studies." Journal of Linguistics

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The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits. It is a convenient, hand–held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change.

The book begins with an examination of the methodologies employed by linguists working in linguistic variation and change, and then addresses the levels of linguistic structure that have been the main foci of work in the field. The volume presents views of linguistic variation in the diverse contexts that give it meaning and significance, across generations, social strata, and domains of interaction. It further covers variation through geographical space, and language and dialect contact from a variationist perspective, while also considering the implications that research in different types of societies may have for work in the field.

Each section begins with an introduction by the editors which sets out the boundaries of the field and places each of the chapters in perspective. This Handbook allows the next generation of academics to perpetuate all of these fields of study and explore them with the kind of depth unimaginable to their predecessors.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0631218033
• ISBN 13: 9780631218036
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 832
• Éditeur: Chambers J. K., Trudgill Peter, Schilling-Estes Natalie