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Social dialectology : in honour of Peter Trudgill /

The time-honoured study of dialects took a new turn some forty years ago, giving centre stage to social factors and the quantitative analysis of language variation and change. It has become a discipline that no scholar of language can afford to ignore. This collection identifies the main theoretical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Trudgill, Peter, Britain, David, Cheshire, Jenny, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2003.
Colección:Impact, studies in language and society ; 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The time-honoured study of dialects took a new turn some forty years ago, giving centre stage to social factors and the quantitative analysis of language variation and change. It has become a discipline that no scholar of language can afford to ignore. This collection identifies the main theoretical and methodological issues currently preoccupying researchers in social dialectology, drawing not only on variation in English in the UK, USA, New Zealand, Europe and elsewhere but also in Arabic, Greek, Norwegian and Spanish dialects. The volume brings together previously unpublished work by the w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027296474
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ISSN:1385-7908 ;