American English
- 452 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.
Walt Wolfram Bücher
Walt Wolfram ist ein führender Soziolinguist, der sich der Erforschung sozialer und ethnischer Dialekte der amerikanischen Englischsprache widmet. Seine grundlegende Arbeit, insbesondere mit dem urbanen afroamerikanischen Englisch, etablierte dessen Legitimität als komplexes linguistisches System. Wolfram hat die sprachliche Vielfalt in verschiedenen Gemeinschaften, von den Appalachen bis zu den Küsteninseln North Carolinas, umfassend dokumentiert. Durch seine Veröffentlichungen und öffentlichen Initiativen setzt er sich leidenschaftlich für das Prinzip der linguistischen Gratifikation ein, das die Verpflichtung betont, den Gemeinschaften, aus denen linguistische Erkenntnisse gewonnen werden, etwas zurückzugeben.
The 5-Minute Linguist
- 368 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
The 5-Minute Linguist provides a lively, reader-friendly introduction to the subject of language suitable for the general reader and beginning students.The third edition adds new topics now at the forefront of linguistics and updates others.
Speaking of Alabama: The History, Diversity, Function, and Change of Language
- 328 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
Thomas E. Nunnally's volume presents essays by linguists who examine the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama's unique brand of southern English. Written in an accessible manner for general readers and scholars alike, Speaking of Alabama includes such subjects as the special linguistic features of the Southern drawl, the "phonetic divide" between north and south Alabama, "code-switching" by African American speakers in Alabama, pejorative attitudes by Alabama speakers toward their own native speech, the influence of foreign languages on Alabama speech to the vibrant history and continuing influence of non-English languages in the state, as well as ongoing changes in Alabama's dialects. Adding to these studies is a foreword by Walt Wolfram and an afterword by Michael B. Montgomery which place both the methodologies and the findings of the volume into their larger contexts and point researchers to needed work ahead in Alabama, the South, and beyond. The volume also contains a number of useful appendices, including a guide to the sounds of Southern English, a glossary of linguistic terms, and online sources for further study. Language, as presented in this collection, is never abstract but always examined in the context of its speakers' day-to-day lives, the driving force for their communication needs and choices. Whether specialist or general reader, Alabamian or non-Alabamian, all readers will come away from these accounts with a deepened understanding of how language functions between individuals, within communities, and across regions, and will gain a new respect for the driving forces behind language variation and language change
African American Language
- 325 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
A pioneering longitudinal study of sixty-seven African American children, this book examines language development through childhood. It provides a unique glimpse into what it means to mature from a linguistic perspective and will be a key work for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics.