American dialect research
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American dialect research
（Centennial series of the American Dialect Society）
J. Benjamins, 1993
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us : hb ISBN 9781556194887
Description
Containing all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume bings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and intepreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society.
More specifically, this book takes trips to the scholar's laboratory. How is this work done? What pitfalls in fieldwork, processing, and interpretation have been encountered and how have they been overcome? What techniques have been used to get at the facts and underlying explanations of language variety? What does recent work suggest about the most rewarding areas and methods for future investigation?
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface (by Preston, Dennis R.)
- 2. I. Area Studies
- 3. The historical and cultural interpretation of dialect (by Francis, W. Nelson)
- 4. An approach to linguistic geography: The Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (by Pederson, Lee)
- 5. Area Lexicon: the making of DARE (by Cassidy, Frederic G.)
- 6. Some applications of mathematical and statistical models in dialect geography (by Girard, Dennis)
- 7. Sociolinguistic dialectology (by Chambers, J.K.)
- 8. II. Community Studies
- 9. Adapting dialectology: the conduct of community language studies (by Baugh, John)
- 10. Identifying and interpreting variables (by Wolfram, Walt)
- 11. The quantitative analysis of linguistic variation (by Guy, Gregory R.)
- 12. III. Group Studies
- 13. Variation theory and language contact: concepts, methods and data (by Poplack, Shana)
- 14. A perspective on African-American English (by Bailey, Guy)
- 15. Professional varieties: the case of language and law (by O'Barr, William M.)
- 16. IV. Special Topics
- 17. Folk dialectology (by Preston, Dennis R.)
- 18. The patterning of variation in performance (by Briggs, Charles L.)
- 19. Appendix
- 20. Resources for research (by Linn, Michael D.)
- 21. Index
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eur : hb ISBN 9789027221322
Description
Containing all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume bings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and intepreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society.
More specifically, this book takes trips to the scholar's laboratory. How is this work done? What pitfalls in fieldwork, processing, and interpretation have been encountered and how have they been overcome? What techniques have been used to get at the facts and underlying explanations of language variety? What does recent work suggest about the most rewarding areas and methods for future investigation?
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface (by Preston, Dennis R.)
- 2. I. Area Studies
- 3. The historical and cultural interpretation of dialect (by Francis, W. Nelson)
- 4. An approach to linguistic geography: The Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (by Pederson, Lee)
- 5. Area Lexicon: the making of DARE (by Cassidy, Frederic G.)
- 6. Some applications of mathematical and statistical models in dialect geography (by Girard, Dennis)
- 7. Sociolinguistic dialectology (by Chambers, J.K.)
- 8. II. Community Studies
- 9. Adapting dialectology: the conduct of community language studies (by Baugh, John)
- 10. Identifying and interpreting variables (by Wolfram, Walt)
- 11. The quantitative analysis of linguistic variation (by Guy, Gregory R.)
- 12. III. Group Studies
- 13. Variation theory and language contact: concepts, methods and data (by Poplack, Shana)
- 14. A perspective on African-American English (by Bailey, Guy)
- 15. Professional varieties: the case of language and law (by O'Barr, William M.)
- 16. IV. Special Topics
- 17. Folk dialectology (by Preston, Dennis R.)
- 18. The patterning of variation in performance (by Briggs, Charles L.)
- 19. Appendix
- 20. Resources for research (by Linn, Michael D.)
- 21. Index
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eur : pbk ISBN 9789027221339
Description
Containing all new material and published for the American Dialect Society's centennial celebration (1889-1989), this volume bings together in one place, as no previously published work has, current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation. The several chapters offer accounts of how questions are formulated and how data are collected, stored, and intepreted in the various research traditions of dialectology and sociolinguistics, particularly as they have been carried out by researchers associated with the American Dialect Society.
More specifically, this book takes trips to the scholar's laboratory. How is this work done? What pitfalls in fieldwork, processing, and interpretation have been encountered and how have they been overcome? What techniques have been used to get at the facts and underlying explanations of language variety? What does recent work suggest about the most rewarding areas and methods for future investigation?
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Area studies: the historical and cultural interpretation of dialect, W. Nelson Francis
- an approach to linguistic geography - the linguistic atlas of the gulf states, Lee Pederson
- area lexicon - the making of DARE, Frederic G. Cassidy
- some applications of mathematical and statistical models in dialect geography, Dennis Girard and Donald Larmouth
- sociolinguistic dialectology, J.K. Chambers. Part 2 Community studies: adapting dialectology - the conduct of community language studies, John Baugh
- identifying and interpreting variables, Walt Wolfram
- the quantitative analysis of linguistic variation, Gregory R. Guy. Part 3 Group studies: variation theory and language contact - concepts, methods and data, Shana Poplack
- a perspective on African-American English, Guy Bailey
- professional varieties - the case of language and law, William M. O'Barr. Part 4 Special topics: folk dialectology, Dennis R. Preston
- the patterning of variation in performance, Charles Briggs. Appendix: Resources for research, Michael D. Linn.
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