Style and Sociolinguistic Variation (Hardcover)

Penelope Eckert

ISBN 10: 0521591910 / ISBN 13: 9780521591911

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002

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Hardcover. This study of sociolinguistic variation examines the relation between social identity and ways of speaking. Studying variations in language not only reveals a great deal about speakers' strategies with respect to variables such as social class, gender, ethnicity and age, it also affords us the opportunity to observe linguistic change in progress. The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation. Beginning with an introduction to theoretical issues, the book goes on to discuss key approaches to stylistic variation in spoken language, including such issues as attention paid to speech, audience design, identity construction, the corpus study of register, genre, distinctiveness and the anthropological study of style. Rigorous and engaging, this book will become the standard work on stylistic variation. It will be welcomed by students and academics in sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology, anthropology and sociology. This volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken language. Beginning with an introduction to theoretical issues, the book goes on to discuss key approaches to stylistic variation. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Style and Sociolinguistic Variation (Hardcover)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521591910
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521591911
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: new

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Synopsis

Offers a broad perspective on the study of style and variation in spoken language.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This study of sociolinguistic variation examines the relation between social identity and ways of speaking. Studying variations in language not only reveals a great deal about speakers' strategies with respect to variables such as social class, gender, ethnicity and age, it also affords us the opportunity to observe linguistic change in progress. The volume brings together leading experts from a range of disciplines to create a broad perspective on the study of style and variation. Beginning with an introduction to theoretical issues, the book goes on to discuss key approaches to stylistic variation in spoken language, including such issues as attention paid to speech, audience design, identity construction, the corpus study of register, genre, distinctiveness and the anthropological study of style. Rigorous and engaging, this book will become the standard work on stylistic variation. It will be welcomed by students and academics in sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology, anthropology and sociology.