The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
2nd Edition
Published on 3. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-1-119-45708-4 (ISBN)
Description
Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.
A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field
Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation
Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics
A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field
Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation
Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
939 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-45708-4 (9781119457084)
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J. K. Chambers | Natalie Schilling
The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
Book
08/2013
2nd Edition
Wiley
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The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
E-Book
06/2013
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
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J. K. Chambers | Natalie Schilling
The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
E-Book
06/2013
2nd Edition
Wiley-Blackwell
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J. K. Chambers | Peter Trudgill | Natalie Schilling
The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
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12/2003
Wiley
€58.17
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Persons
J.K. Chambers is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and its Social Significance, Revised Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and Dialectology, Second Edition (with P. Trudgill, 1998), as well as numerous other books and scores of articles. He works extensively as a forensic consultant and maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism, including a volume on the bebop pianist Richard Twardzik (2008) and a prize-winning biography of Miles Davis, Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (1998).
Natalie Schilling is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of American English: Dialects and Variation, Third Edition (with W. Wolfram, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) and Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (2013). An expert in language variation and change in American English, she conducts workshops on sociolinguistics and forensic linguistics for an array of audiences within and beyond academia, and is a noted consultant in both these fields. Among her works for general audiences is English in America: A Linguistic History, an audio-video lecture series for The Great Courses (2016).
Natalie Schilling is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of American English: Dialects and Variation, Third Edition (with W. Wolfram, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016) and Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (2013). An expert in language variation and change in American English, she conducts workshops on sociolinguistics and forensic linguistics for an array of audiences within and beyond academia, and is a noted consultant in both these fields. Among her works for general audiences is English in America: A Linguistic History, an audio-video lecture series for The Great Courses (2016).
Content
List of Illustrations ix
List of Contributors xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Studying Language Variation: An Informal Epistemology 1
J.K. Chambers
Part I Data Collection 17
1 Entering the Community: Fieldwork 19
Crawford Feagin
2 Data in the Study of Variation and Change 38
Tyler Kendall
3 Investigating Historical Variation and Change in Written Documents: New Perspectives 57
Edgar W. Schneider
Part II Evaluation 83
4 The Quantitative Paradigm 85
Robert Bayley
5 Sociophonetics 108
Erik R. Thomas
6 Comparative Sociolinguistics 128
Sali A. Tagliamonte
7 Language with an Attitude 157
Dennis R. Preston
Part III Linguistic Structure 183
8 Variation and Syntactic Theory 185
Ralph W. Fasold
9 Investigating Chain Shifts and Mergers 203
Matthew J. Gordon
10 Discourse Variation 220
Ronald Macaulay
Part IV Language and Time 237
11 Real Time and Apparent Time 239
Patricia Cukor-Avila and Guy Bailey
12 Child Language Variation 263
Julie Roberts
13 Adolescence 277
Sam Kirkham and Emma Moore
14 Patterns of Variation including Change 297
J.K. Chambers
Part V Social Differentiation 325
15 Investigating Stylistic Variation 327
Natalie Schilling
16 Social Class 350
Sharon Ash
17 Gender, Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Identities 368
Robin Queen
18 Ethnicity 388
Carmen Fought
Part VI Domains 407
19 Social Networks 409
Lesley Milroy and Carmen Llamas
20 Communities of Practice 428
Miriam Meyerhoff and Anna Strycharz
21 Constructing Identity 448
Scott F. Kiesling
Part VII Contact 469
22 Space, Diffusion and Mobility 471
David Britain
23 Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingualism 501
Gillian Sankoff
24 Koineization 519
Paul Kerswill
25 Supraregionalisation and Dissociation 537
Raymond Hickey
Part VIII Sociolinguists and Their Communities 555
26 Community Commitment and Responsibility 557
Walt Wolfram
Postscript 577
Natalie Schilling and Jack Chambers
Index 579
List of Contributors xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xv
Studying Language Variation: An Informal Epistemology 1
J.K. Chambers
Part I Data Collection 17
1 Entering the Community: Fieldwork 19
Crawford Feagin
2 Data in the Study of Variation and Change 38
Tyler Kendall
3 Investigating Historical Variation and Change in Written Documents: New Perspectives 57
Edgar W. Schneider
Part II Evaluation 83
4 The Quantitative Paradigm 85
Robert Bayley
5 Sociophonetics 108
Erik R. Thomas
6 Comparative Sociolinguistics 128
Sali A. Tagliamonte
7 Language with an Attitude 157
Dennis R. Preston
Part III Linguistic Structure 183
8 Variation and Syntactic Theory 185
Ralph W. Fasold
9 Investigating Chain Shifts and Mergers 203
Matthew J. Gordon
10 Discourse Variation 220
Ronald Macaulay
Part IV Language and Time 237
11 Real Time and Apparent Time 239
Patricia Cukor-Avila and Guy Bailey
12 Child Language Variation 263
Julie Roberts
13 Adolescence 277
Sam Kirkham and Emma Moore
14 Patterns of Variation including Change 297
J.K. Chambers
Part V Social Differentiation 325
15 Investigating Stylistic Variation 327
Natalie Schilling
16 Social Class 350
Sharon Ash
17 Gender, Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Identities 368
Robin Queen
18 Ethnicity 388
Carmen Fought
Part VI Domains 407
19 Social Networks 409
Lesley Milroy and Carmen Llamas
20 Communities of Practice 428
Miriam Meyerhoff and Anna Strycharz
21 Constructing Identity 448
Scott F. Kiesling
Part VII Contact 469
22 Space, Diffusion and Mobility 471
David Britain
23 Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingualism 501
Gillian Sankoff
24 Koineization 519
Paul Kerswill
25 Supraregionalisation and Dissociation 537
Raymond Hickey
Part VIII Sociolinguists and Their Communities 555
26 Community Commitment and Responsibility 557
Walt Wolfram
Postscript 577
Natalie Schilling and Jack Chambers
Index 579