The Handbook of Language Variation and Change - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0631218033 ISBN 13 : 9780631218036

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

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. * Written by internationally recognized experts in the field. * Reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline. * Discusses the ideas that drive the field and is illustrated with empirical studies. * Includes explanatory introductions which set out the boundaries of the field and place each of the chapters into perspective.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

J. K. Chambers is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Sociolinguistic Theory: Language Variation and its Social Significance (1995), and co--author, with Peter Trudgill, of Dialectology (second edition, 1998), as well as other books and scores of articles. He also works extensively as a forensic consultant and maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism which has included writing a prizewinning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (1998). Peter Trudgill is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He is author of Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society (1996) and Dialects of England (second edition, Blackwell 1999), and co--editor, with Laurie Bauer, of Language Myths (1999). He is editor of Blackwella s Language in Society series. Natalie Schilling--Estes is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is co--author of Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue (1997) and American English (Blackwell 1998), both with Walt Wolfram.

Détails de l'édition

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