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How do today's teenagers talk? What are the distinguishing features of their style of language, and what do they tell us about the English language more generally? Drawing on a huge corpus of examples collected over a fifteen-year period, Sali A. Tagliamonte undertakes a detailed study of adolescents' language and argues that it acts as a 'bellwether' for the future of the English language. Teenagers are often accused of 'lowering the standards' of the English language by the way they talk and text. From spoken words - 'like', 'so', 'just', and 'stuff' - to abbreviated expressions used online, this fascinating book puts young people's language under the microscope, examining and demystifying the origins of new words, and tracking how they vary according to gender, geographical location, and social circumstances. Highly topical and full of new insights, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in how teenagers talk.
Pragmatics --- Mass communications --- Teenagers --- Body language. --- Communication. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Language. --- Linguistics --- General. --- Language arts & disciplines --- Body language --- Communication --- Language --- Teenagers - Language --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Kinesics --- Nonverbal communication (Psychology) --- Interpersonal communication --- Nonverbal communication
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The study of how language varies in social context, and how it can be analyzed and accounted for, are the key goals of sociolinguistics. Until now, however, the actual tools and methods have been largely passed on through 'word of mouth', rather than being formally documented. This is the first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation. It shows step-by-step how the analysis is carried out, leading the reader through every stage of a research project from start to finish. Topics covered include fieldwork, data organization and management, analysis and interpretation, presenting research results, and writing up a paper. Practical and informal, the book contains all the information needed to conduct a fully-fledged sociolinguistic investigation, and includes exercises, checklists, references and insider tips. It is set to become an essential resource for students, researchers and fieldworkers embarking on research projects in sociolinguistics.
Sociolinguistics --- Research --- Language and languages --- Variation. --- Research. --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Sociolinguistics - Research
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What is the explanation for the nature, character and evolution of the many different varieties of English in the world today? Which changes in the English language are the legacy of its origins and which are the product of novel influences in the places to which it was transported? Roots of English is a groundbreaking investigation into four dialects from parts of northern Britain out of which came the founding populations of many regions in other parts of the world. Sali Tagliamonte comprehensively describes and analyses the key features of the dialects and their implications for subsequent developments of English. Her examination of dialect features contributes substantive evidence for assessing and understanding bigger issues in sociolinguistic theory. Based on exciting new findings, the book will appeal to those interested in dialects, from the Anglophile to the syntactician.
English language --- Dialectology --- Anglais (langue) --- Dialectes --- Dialects --- Variation. --- Germanic languages --- Colonies. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics
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Sociolinguistics --- Dialectology --- Language and languages --- Variation. --- Research. --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Variation --- Research --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects
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English language --- Dialectology --- America --- African Americans --- Americanisms. --- Black English. --- Blacks --- Languages. --- Social aspects --- Colonies. --- Variation --- NOIRS AMERICAINS --- ANGLAIS (LANGUE) --- GRANDE-BRETAGNE --- NOIRS --- AMERICANISMES --- LANGUES --- ASPECT SOCIAL --- COLONIES --- ETATS-UNIS --- REGION CARAÏBE --- CANADA
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"Making Waves: The History of Variationist Sociolinguistics tells the human story of an academic field based on one-on-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Socioinguistics"--
Language and languages --- Speech acts (Linguistics) --- Sociolinguistics --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics. --- Variation. --- Research. --- Speech acts (Linguistics). --- Speech acts (linguistics). --- Language arts & disciplines / linguistics / sociolinguistics.
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African Americans --- English language --- English language --- English language --- Blacks --- Blacks --- Black English --- Americanisms --- Languages --- Social aspects --- Colonies --- Social aspects --- Variation --- Languages --- Languages --- Great Britain --- Colonies --- Languages.
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Faces of English explores the phenomenon of increasing dialects, varieties, and creoles, even as the spread of globalization supports an apparently growing uniformity among nations. The book's chapters supply descriptions of Jamaican English in Toronto, English as an L2 in a South African mining township, Chinese and English contact in Singapore, unexpected, emergent variants in Canadian English, and innovations in the English of West Virginia. Further, the book offers some perspective on internet English as well as on abiding uniformities in the lexicon and grammar of standard varieties. In the analyses of this heterogeneous growth such considerations as speakers' sociolinguistic profiles, phonological, morpho-syntactic, and lexical variables, frequencies, and typological patterns provide ample insight in the current status of English both in oral and electronic communities. The opening chapter presents a theoretical framework that argues for linguistic typology as conceptually resourceful in accommodating techniques of analysis and in distinguishing the wide arrays of English found throughout the globe. One clear function for Faces of English is that of a catalyst: to spur studies of diversities in English (and in other languages), to suggest approaches to adapt, to invite counterargument and developments in analysis.
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What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).
English language --- Grammar --- Grammar. --- Variation. --- Variation
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