Observing and analysing natural language : a critical account of sociolinguistic method

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Observing and analysing natural language : a critical account of sociolinguistic method

Lesley Milroy

（Language in society, 12）

Blackwell, 1987

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  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [213]-226

Includes index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780631132332

Description

Milroy discusses the problems and principles of studying language in its social context. She relates methods of carrying out sociolinguistic research to the theories which underlie them and she considers the theoretical and practical implications of particular methodological choices.

Table of Contents

  • Field linguistics - some models and methods
  • sampling
  • speakers - some issues in data collection
  • methodological principles and fieldwork strategy - two case studies
  • analyzing variable data - speaker variables
  • analyzing phonological variation
  • analyzing syntactic variation
  • style-shifting and code-switching
  • sociolinguistics - some practical applications.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631136231

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Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Language, Class and Community. 2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles. 3. Studying Language in teh Community: The Fieldworker and the Social Network. 4. The Social Context of Speech Events. 5. The Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Data. 6. The Language of the Individual Speaker: Patterns of Variation and Network Structure. 7. Conclusions and Theoretical Implications. Appendix. References. Index.

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