English historical sociolinguistics
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書誌事項
English historical sociolinguistics
（Edinburgh textbooks on the English language / general editor, Heinz Giegerich, . Advanced）
Edinburgh University Press, c2012
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- : hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index
内容説明・目次
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: pbk ISBN 9780748641802
内容説明
This book explores the sociolinguistic forces which affect language change. Many attempts have been made to use sociolinguistics to interpret historical linguistic change but the theory has rarely been applied consistently. This textbook allows students to develop a deeper understanding of both sociolinguistics and historical linguistics. It discusses both the central variationist tendencies present in language change and the macrosociolinguistic forces which act upon all speakers and their language. Chapters investigate the political, cultural and economic forces which affect a society's use of and views on language; language contact, language standardisation and linguistic attrition are also covered. The discussion is illustrated throughout by apposite examples from the history of English. The volume enables students to develop a deeper understanding of both sociolinguistics and historical linguistics; it is also be useful as a primer for postgraduate study in the subjects covered. It takes a nonlinear approach to encourage thematic thinking. It combines variationist sociolinguistics with analysis of the position of language in society.
It discusses histories of English outside the Anglo-American axis to give a broader sense of how English has developed in different parts of the world.
目次
- Foreword: Towards a Sociolinguistic History of the English Language
- Chapter 1: Sociolinguistic Concepts and Methods
- Chapter 2: Language Change and Sociolinguistic Processes in the Past
- Chapter 3: Standardisation
- Chapter 4: Codification and Ideology
- Chapter 5: Contact and Shift as Agents of Change
- Chapter 7: Some Final Thoughts.
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: hardback ISBN 9780748641819
内容説明
Sociolinguistics provides a powerful instrument by which we can interpret the contemporary and near-contemporary use of language in relation to the society in which speakers live. Almost since the beginning of the discipline, however, attempts have been made to extrapolate backwards and interpret past linguistic change sociolinguistically. Some of these findings have influenced the discussion of the history of the English language as portrayed in the many textbooks for undergraduate courses. A consistent application of sociolinguistic theory and findings has rarely been attempted, however, despite the specialist literature which demonstrates this connection at specific points in the language's development. This textbook provides students with a means by which a previously existing knowledge of a linear, narrative, history of English can be deepened by a more profound understanding of the sociolinguistic forces which initiate or encourage language change. Uniquely, it discusses not only the central variationist tendencies present in language change and their analysis but also the macrosociolinguistic forces which act upon all speakers and their language.
Chapters investigate the political, cultural and economic forces which affect a society's use of and views on language; language contact, language standardisation and linguistic attrition are also covered. Discussion is illustrated throughout by apposite examples from the history of English. The volume enables students to develop a deeper understanding of both sociolinguistics and historical linguistics; it is also be useful as a primer for postgraduate study in the subjects covered.
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