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Lexical Change and Variation in the Southeastern United States, 1930-1990.
This book discusses words used in the Southeast and how they have changed during the 20th century. It also describes how the lexicon varies according to the speaker's age, race, education, sex, and place of residence (urban versus rural; coastal versus piedmont versus mountain). Data collected...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Alabama :
University of Alabama Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Tables; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Collection and Categorization of the Data; The Linguistic Variables and the Interview; The Social and Regional Variables; 2 Variation; Patterns of Variation; Statistical Methods; Special Topics; 3 Change; Statistical Methods; Change and Variation; Change in the Lexicon; 4 Culture and the Lexicon; The Lexicon as an Object of Study; Cultural Change and Lexical Change; Society and Language Variation; Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches; Appendix 2: Variants Associated with Regional or Social Groups.
- Appendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic ChangeAppendix 4: Tallies and Selected Commentary; Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number; References; Index.