Title Dialectology / J.K. Chambers and Peter Trudgill

Edition 2nd ed Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Cambridge textbooks in linguistics Cambridge textbooks in linguistics Contents Cover -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET (revised to 1993) -- BACKGROUND -- 1 Dialect and language -- 1.1 Mutual intelligibility -- 1.2 Language, dialect and accent -- 1.3 Geographical dialect continua -- 1.4 Social dialect continua -- 1.5 Autonomy and heteronomy -- 1.6 Discreteness and continuity -- Further information -- 2 Dialect geography -- 2.1 The impetus for dialect geography -- 2.2 An outline history of dialect geography -- 2.3 The methods of dialect geography 2.3.1 The questionnaire -- 2.3.2 Linguistic maps -- 2.3.3 The selection of informants -- Further information -- 3 Dialectology and linguistics -- 3.1 Dialectology and philology -- 3.2 Structural dialectology -- 3.2.1 Inventory, distribution and incidence -- 3.2.2 Lexical correspondences -- 3.3 Generative dialectology -- 3.4 Polylectal grammars -- Further information -- 4 Urban dialectology -- 4.1 Social dialects -- 4.2 Urban dialects -- 4.3 Representativeness -- 4.4 Obtaining data -- 4.5 Classifying informants -- 4.6 The linguistic variable -- Further information -- SOCIAL VARIATION 5 Social differentiation and language -- 5.1 Language and social class -- 5.2 Stylistic differentiation -- 5.3 Sex differentiation -- 5.4 Other aspects of social differentiation in language -- 5.4.1 Language and ethnic group -- 5.4.2 Social networks -- 5.4.3 Individual characteristics -- Further information -- 6 Sociolinguistic structure and linguistic innovation -- 6.1 Indicators and markers -- 6.1.1 Overt stigmatisation -- 6.1.2 Linguistic change -- 6.1.3 Phonological contrast -- 6.1.4 Stereotypes -- 6.2 The study of linguistic change -- 6.2.1 Patterns of age differentiation 6.3 Mechanisms of linguistic change -- 6.3.1 Stylistic variation -- 6.3.2 The role of sex -- 6.3.3 Covert prestige -- Further information -- SPATIAL VARIATION -- 7 Boundaries -- 7.1 Isoglosses -- 7.2 Patterns of isoglosses -- 7.2.1 Criss-cross -- 7.2.2 Transitions -- 7.2.3 Relic areas -- 7.3 Bundles -- 7.4 Grading of isoglosses -- 7.5 Cultural correlates of isoglosses -- 7.6 Isoglosses and dialect variation -- Further information -- 8 Transitions -- 8.1 Gradual and abrupt transition -- 8.2 Introduction to the variables -- 8.3 The transition zone for (u) -- 8.4 Mixed and fudged lects 8.5 The variable (a) -- 8.6 Transitions in general -- 8.7 Dialect variation and mapping -- 8.7.1 A relic feature in the west midlands -- 8.7.2 The interplay of social and geographical variation -- 8.7.3 Mapping social variation directly -- Further information -- MECHANISMS OF VARIATION -- 9 Variability -- 9.1 The variable as a structural unit -- 9.1.1 Variability as accidental -- 9.1.2 Variability as essential -- 9.1.3 Variable constraints -- 9.2 Implicational scales -- 9.2.1 Default singulars in Alabama -- 9.2.2 (CC) in northern England -- 9.3 Handling quantitative data Summary When first published in 1980, Dialectology broke new ground by integrating urban dialectology (sociolinguistics), dialect geography and spatial variation into a cohesive discipline. In this second edition, the authors take account of the renaissance of dialect research in the last twenty years. They offer new sections on dialectometry and mapping variability, a revised section on dialect geography as well as updates of other recent developments. A reliable textbook for over seventeen years, this new edition will continue to serve the needs of undergraduates and individual scholars with its com Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-197) and index Notes Print version record Subject Dialectology. Sociolinguistics. Language and languages -- Variation. sociolinguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. Dialectes. Linguistique. Dialectology Language and languages -- Variation Sociolinguistics Dialektologie Dialectologie. Germanische Sprachen. Genre/Form Lehrbuch. Form Electronic book Author Trudgill, Peter ISBN 051103993X 9780511039935 9780511805103 0511805101 9780511050206 0511050208 0511555962 9780511555961 9780511202032 0511202032

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