Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effectsIn-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratoryCoverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossingWritten by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguisticsExamines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developmentsBridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studiesStructured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effectsIn-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratoryCoverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossingWritten by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

La Enciclopedia concisa de los dialectos del español en el mundo proporciona una visión completa de las diversas características lingüísticas del español en el mundo. Cubre la variación fonológica, gramatical y léxico-semántica y abarca las principales variedades del español hablado en Europa y las Américas, así como el español en contacto con el catalán, el vasco, el gallego, el portugués, el inglés, las lenguas indígenas, el judeoespañol (ladino) y otras lenguas. Más de 100 introducciones, escritas en español por destacados expertos de cada región cubierta, ofrecen información tanto cualitativa como cuantitativa sobre una gama excepcionalmente amplia de fenómenos lingüísticos. Cada capítulo contiene la información más actualizada sobre numerosas situaciones regionales, sociales, étnicas o de contacto. A lo largo del libro, los autores colaboradores ofrecen perspectivas basadas en evidencias sobre la variación sociolingüística entre comunidades en contextos vernáculos. La Enciclopedia concisa de los dialectos del español en el mundo es un recurso indispensable para cualquiera que realice análisis comparativos entre áreas dialectales o trabaje en estudios tipológicos del español. Es un libro de texto ideal para cursos de posgrado y de pregrado avanzados en español, lingüística hispánica y educación española, y un excelente complemento para cursos de lingüística general, sociolingüística y antropología.

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effectsIn-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratoryCoverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossingWritten by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguisticsExamines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developmentsBridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studiesStructured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effectsIn-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratoryCoverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossingWritten by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

La Enciclopedia concisa de los dialectos del español en el mundo proporciona una visión completa de las diversas características lingüísticas del español en el mundo. Cubre la variación fonológica, gramatical y léxico-semántica y abarca las principales variedades del español hablado en Europa y las Américas, así como el español en contacto con el catalán, el vasco, el gallego, el portugués, el inglés, las lenguas indígenas, el judeoespañol (ladino) y otras lenguas. Más de 100 introducciones, escritas en español por destacados expertos de cada región cubierta, ofrecen información tanto cualitativa como cuantitativa sobre una gama excepcionalmente amplia de fenómenos lingüísticos. Cada capítulo contiene la información más actualizada sobre numerosas situaciones regionales, sociales, étnicas o de contacto. A lo largo del libro, los autores colaboradores ofrecen perspectivas basadas en evidencias sobre la variación sociolingüística entre comunidades en contextos vernáculos. La Enciclopedia concisa de los dialectos del español en el mundo es un recurso indispensable para cualquiera que realice análisis comparativos entre áreas dialectales o trabaje en estudios tipológicos del español. Es un libro de texto ideal para cursos de posgrado y de pregrado avanzados en español, lingüística hispánica y educación española, y un excelente complemento para cursos de lingüística general, sociolingüística y antropología.