Handbook of perceptual dialectology. Volume 1 / edited by Dennis R. Preston.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Preston, Dennis Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic geography.

Speech perception.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Language awareness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (453 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perceptual dialectology investigates what ordinary people (as opposed to professional linguists) believe about the distribution of language varieties in their own and surrounding speech communities and how they have arrived at and implement those beliefs. It studies the beliefs of the common folk about which dialects exist and, indeed, about what attitudes they have to these varieties. Some of this leads to discussion of what they believe about language in general, or "folk linguistics". Surprising divergences from professional results can be found. For the professional, it is intriguing to fi

Contents:

HANDBOOK OF PERCEPTUAL DIALECTOLOGY; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Dutch Contribution: 'Little Arrows'; CHAPTER 1. Informant Classification of Dialects; CHAPTER 2. Dialects; CHAPTER 3. The Netherlands-German National Border as a Subjective Dialect Boundary; PART II The Japanese Controversy: 'Subjective' and 'Objective'; CHAPTER 4. Consciousness of Dialect Boundaries; CHAPTER 5. Consciousness of Linguistic Boundaries and Actual Linguistic Boundaries

CHAPTER 6. Dialect Consciousness and Dialect DivisionsCHAPTER 7. On Dialect Consciousness: Dialect Characteristics Given by Speakers; CHAPTER 8. The Discussion Surrounding the Subjective Boundaries of Dialects; CHAPTER 9. On the Value of Subjective Dialect Boundaries; CHAPTER 10. Dialects and the Subjective Judgments of Speakers; PART III Images, Perceptions and Attitudes; CHAPTER 11. Classification of Dialects by Image: English and Japanese; CHAPTER 12. Subjective Dialect Division in Great Britain; CHAPTER 13. Geographical Perceptions of Japanese Dialect Regions

CHAPTER 14. Mapping Nonlinguists' Evaluations of Japanese Language VariationCHAPTER 15. The Perception of Post-Unification German Regional Speech; CHAPTER 16. Variation and the Norm: Parisian Perceptions of Regional French; CHAPTER 17. The Perception of Turkish Dialects; CHAPTER 18. Regional Variation in Subjective Dialect Divisions in the United States; CHAPTER 19. A View from the West: Perceptions of U. S. Dialects by Oregon Residents; CHAPTER 20. "Welshness" and "Englishness" as Attitudinal Dimensions of English Language Varieties in Wales; CHAPTER 21. Dialect Recognition

CHAPTER 22. A Language Attitude Approach to the Perception of Regional VarietyAdditional Readings; About the Contributors and Translators; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-16267-5

9786612162671

90-272-9841-6

OCLC:

70767066