Folklinguistics and social meaning in Australian English
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Folklinguistics and social meaning in Australian English
（Routledge studies in world Englishes / series editor, Ee-Ling Low）
Routledge, 2020
- : hbk
Available at / 4 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
"Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English presents an original study of Australian English and, via this, insights into Australian society. Utilising folklinguistic accounts, it uncovers everyday understandings of contemporary Australian English through variations across linguistic systems (sounds, words, discourse and grammar). Focusing on one variation at time, it explores young speakers' language use and their evaluations of the same forms. The analysis of talk about talk uncovers ethnic, regional and social Others in social types and prevailing ideologies around Australian English essential for understanding Australian identity-making processes, as well as providing insights and methods relevant beyond this context. These discussions demonstrate that while the linguistic variations may occur in other varieties of English, they are understood through local conceptualisations, and often as uniquely Australian.
This book harnesses the value and richness of discourse in explorations of the sociocultural life of language. The findings show that analysis attending to language ideologies and identities can help discover the micro-macro links needed in understanding social meanings. The volume explores a wide range of language features but also provides a deep contemplation of Australian English.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Conceptualising social meaning 3. Studying social meaning via folklinguistics 4. Phonetic and phonological variation 5. Lexical variation 6. Discourse and grammatical variation 7. Social types and language ideologies
by "Nielsen BookData"