Dialectology
When first published in 1980, Dialectology broke new ground by giving an integrated account of the social and regional aspects of dialectology. In this updated edition, the authors offer new sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, as well as updates of recent developments. The book examines dialectology in its widest sense, as the study of the way language, dialect and accent vary from place to place, social group to social group and time to time. As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this new edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.
- Revised edition of the first comprehensive survey of dialect variation, giving an integrated account of the social and regional aspects of dialectology
- Invaluable textbook for undergraduates as well as pointing individual scholars towards new and stimulating research areas
- New sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, as well as updates of recent developments
Reviews & endorsements
'The book can, and without doubt will, serve as a valuable introduction to the field of dialectology, its basic notions, methodology and lines of future development to numerous students of disciplines related to either linguistics or social studies.' The Linguist
Product details
December 1998Paperback
9780521596466
216 pages
229 × 152 × 13 mm
0.37kg
24 maps 15 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- List of maps
- List of figures
- List of tables
- The International Phonetic Alphabet
- Part I. Background:
- 1. Dialect and language
- 2. Dialect geography
- 3. Dialectology and linguistics
- 4. Urban dialectology
- Part II. Social Variation:
- 5. Social differentiation and language
- 6. Sociolinguistic structure and linguistic innovation
- Part III. Spatial Variation:
- 7. Boundaries
- 8. Transitions
- Part IV. Mechanisms of Variation:
- 9. Variability
- 10. Diffusion: sociolinguistic and lexical
- 11. Diffusion: geographical
- 12. Towards geolinguistics
- Bibliography
- Index.
