Sound Evidence
Speech Communities and Social Accents in Aix-en-Provence
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
333 pages
978-3-906756-08-0 (ISBN)
Description
Sound Evidence documents the range of phonological varieties in use in Aix-en-Provence and investigates the social pressures on convergence towards the standard, such as gender-related speech differences, education, geographical and social mobility, and perhaps most importantly, linguistic and regional identity including bilingualism, the emotional ties of language and relationships of members of a regionally-homogeneous community with the way they speak, exposing language as a rich tapestry through which we reveal, or conceal, ever-changing notions of our social identity.
Reviews / Votes
«...l'ensemble du volume est très riche et mérite une lecture attentive...On ne peut que s'en féliciter et en féliciter l'auteur.» (Philippe Blanchet, Langage et société)More details
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Bern
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-906756-08-0 (9783906756080)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Jill Taylor is a Lecturer in French at the University of St. Andrews. She has taught French linguistics at University College London, l'Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I and the University of Exeter. Her forthcoming publications include a survey of regional accents within France and a book on the comparative intonation of English and French. She has also published in a related field, having a strong interest in bilingualism and code-switching which extends to French-speaking Africa and other parts of the francophone world.