The methods of sociolinguistics and dialectology are combined in this study of linguistic change and language attitudes in an inner-city area of Glasgow. The aim is to give a rounded view of the present state of a traditional dialect of Scots under the pressures of modern life. Vocabulary, morphology and lexical incidence are studied in detail. The interviewees air concerns such as alienation between the generations, linguistic decorum, and Scottishness.
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«The book can be commended as a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics.» (Lesley Milroy, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development)
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Frankfurt a.M.
Deutschland
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Höhe: 21 cm
Breite: 14.8 cm
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978-3-631-47551-5 (9783631475515)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
The Author: Caroline Macafee is an expert on Lowland Scots, who has written numerous articles on the subject, as well as a monograph on Glasgow dialect. She is also a lexiographer, was one of the editors of The Scots Thesaurus, and is editor of the forthcoming Concise Ulster Dictionary. Her Ph.D. thesis, Some Studies in the Glasgow Vernacular, was accepted in 1988.
Contents: Glasgow dialect - Working-class Scottish speakers' attitudes to their own language - The maintenance of a traditional dialect - Qualitative methodology in sociolinguistics/dialectology - Age variation in vocabulary and lexical incidence.
