Contrary to the traditional focus on standard languages and written forms, this book highlights speech variations, dialects, semantics and the relationship between language and society in a wide sociolinguistic framework. The 11 contributions present empirical research on a range of topics from many countries including Malta, Germany, the Channel Islands, United Kingdom and the United States.
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978-0-7619-9202-8 (9780761992028)
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Introduction - Mahendra K Verma
A Phenomenological Approach to Sociolinguistics - Gunnstein Akselberg
Of Graves and Epitaphs - G M Awbery
Dialect Archaeology and Welsh Churchyards
Ideophone Variation Is Tied to Local Identity - G Tucker Childs
The Heart of the Artichoke - Mari C Jones
Dialect Suicide in Contemporary Wales
R-lessness in Philadelphia - Corey A Miller
Aspects of Language Contact and Linguistic Variation in Guernsey English - Heinrich Ramisch
The Linguistic Construction of Social Space - Lydia Sciriha
Addressing Parents-in-Law in Malta
Syntactic Variation and Change in Contemporary German - Patrick Stevenson
Fingerspelling as a Resource for Lexical Innovation in British Sign Language - Rachel Sutton-Spence and Bencie Woll
Sociolinguistic Issues in the Making of the Dictionary of British Sign Language/English - Graham H Turner et al
Retention and Use of Mother Tongue among Adult ESOL Learners in Great Britain - Mahendra K Verma et al
