English in Its Social Contexts

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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This is a collection of contributed essays on the social history of the English language. It will be the second volume in the Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics series, edited by Edward Finegan. Linguists are increasingly aware that external social contact can be as significant as internal grammatical structure in instigating and determining the direction of changes within a language's syntax, phonology, and lexicon. Despite this fact, however, existing textbooks on the history of English give scant attention to this sociolinguistic perspective. The present work is designed to serve as a much needed supplement to such texts. The essays in the volume, written by recognized authorities in their fields, address each of the traditional periods of English. Topics covered include: the social status and uses of English, the relations between English and co-existent languages, the relations between varieties of spoken and written language, language as a political and socio-economic instrument, and attitudes towards varieties of English. The book should attract supplementary use in courses in applied linguistics and sociolinguistics as well as in the history of the English language.

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Utgivningsdatum:1992-04-30
Vikt:440 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:9780195065008

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'A useful contribution towards a sorely needed revision of the traditional approaches to the history of the language.' Geoffrey Nunberg, Stanford

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The Phonemes of Present-Day English Contrastive Pairs Charles T. Scott and Tim William Machan: Introduction: Sociolinguistics, Language Change, and the History of English 1: Thomas Toon: The Social and Political Contexts of Language Change in Anglo-Saxon England 2: Jeremy J. Smith: The Use of English: Language Contact, Dialect Variation and Written Standardization during the Middle English Period 3: Joseph M. Williams: "O! when degree is shak'd": Sixteenth-Century Anticipation of Some Modern Attitudes towards Usage 4: Edward Finegan: Style and Standardization in England: 1700-1900 5: Craig M. Carver: The Mayflower to the Model-T: The Development of American English 6: John Algeo: Sociolinguistic Attitudes and Issues in Contemporary Britain 7: Judith Rodby: A Polyphony of Voices: The Dialectics of Linguistic Unity and Diversity in the Twentieth-Century United States 8: John Gunn: Social Contexts in the History of Australian English 9: Braj Kachru: The Second Diaspora of English Suzanne Romaine: Afterword: English: from Village to Global Village Index