Social and stylistic variation in spoken French : a comparative approach / Nigel Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Nigel.

Series:

Impact, studies in language and society ; 8.

Impact ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--Variation.

French language.

French language--Spoken French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 277 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many of the assumptions of Labovian sociolinguistics are based on results drawn from US and UK English, Latin American Spanish and Canadian French. Sociolinguistic variation in the French of France has been rather little studied compared to these languages. This volume is the first examination and exploration of variation in French that studies in a unified way the levels of phonology, grammar and lexis using quantitative methods. One of its aims is to establish whether the patterns of variation that have been reported in French conform to those reported in other languages.

Contents:

Social and Stylistic Variation in Spoken French; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Patterns of phonological variation; Socio-stylistic variation in French phonology; Grammatical variation; Variable liaison; Variation in the French lexicon; Summary and conclusion; Appendix; References; Index; IMPACT: STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9786612162589

9781282162587

1282162586

9789027298287

9027298289