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The Oxford handbook of sociolinguistics
\"From its beginnings in the 1960s, sociolinguistics developed several different subfields with distinct methods and interests: the variationist tradition established by Labov, the anthropological tradition of Hymes, interactional sociolinguistics as developed by Gumperz, and the sociology of language represented by the work of Fishman. All of these areas have seen a great deal of growth in recent decades, and recent studies have led to a more broadly inclusive view of sociolinguistics. Hence there is a need for a handbook that will survey the main areas of the field, point out the lacunae in our existing knowledge base, and provide directions for future research. The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics will differ from existing work in four major respects. First, it will emphasize new methodological developments, particularly the convergence of linguistic anthropology and variationist sociolinguistics. Second, it will include chapters on sociolinguistic developments in areas of the world that have been relatively neglected in the major journals. Third, its chapters are written by contributors who have worked in a range of languages and whose work addresses sociolinguistic issues in bi- and multilingual contexts, i.e. the contexts in which a majority of the world's population lives. Finally, it will include substantial material on the rapidly growing study of sign language sociolinguistics.\"--Publisher.
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New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South
The third installment in the landmark LAVIS (Language
Variety in the South) series,
New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical
and Contemporary Approaches brings together essays devoted
to the careful examination and elucidation of the rich linguistic
diversity of the American South, updating and broadening the work
of the earlier volumes by more fully capturing the multifaceted
configuration of languages and dialects in the South. Beginning
with an introduction to American Indian languages of the
Southeast, five fascinating essays discuss indigenous languages,
including Caddo, Ofo, and Timucua, and evidence for the
connection between the Pre-Columbian Southeast and the Caribbean.
Five essays explore the earlier Englishes of the South, covering
topics such as the eighteenth century as the key period in the
differentiation of Southern American English and the use of new
quantitative methods to trace the transfer of linguistic features
from England to America. They examine a range of linguistic
resources, such as plantation overseers’ writings, modern
blues lyrics, linguistic databases, and lexical and locutional
compilations that reveal the region’s distinctive dialectal
traditions.
New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical
and Contemporary Approaches widens the scope of inquiry into
the linguistic influences of the African diaspora as evidenced in
primary sources and records. A comprehensive essay redefines the
varieties of French in Louisiana, tracing the pathway from
Colonial Louisiana to the emergence of Plantation Society French
in a diglossic relationship with Louisiana Creole. A further
essay maps the shift from French to English in family documents.
An assortment of essays on English in the contemporary South
touch on an array of compelling topics from discourse strategies
to dialectal emblems of identity to stereotypes in popular
perception. Essays about recent Latino immigrants to the South
bring the collection into the twenty-first century, taking into
account the dramatic increase in the population of Spanish
speakers and illuminating the purported role of
“Spanglish,” the bilingual lives of Spanish-speaking
Latinos in Mississippi, and the existence of regional Spanish
dialectal diversity.
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