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Standards and variation in urban speech : examples from Lowland Scots / Ronald K.S. Macaulay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macaulay, Ronald K. S.
- Series:
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; 20.
- Varieties of English around the world. General series, 0172-7362 ; v. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scots language--Spoken Scots.
- Scots language.
- Scots language--Variation.
- Scots language--Standardization.
- Urban dialects--Scotland.
- Urban dialects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 201 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Standards and Variation in Urban Speech is an examination and exploration of the aims and methods of sociolinguistic investigation, based on studies of Scottish urban speech. It criticially examines the implications of the notions 'vernacular', 'standard language', 'Received Pronunciation', 'social class', and 'linguistic insecurity'. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using examples from comedians' jokes, dialect poetry, formal and informal interviews, and personal narratives, the work illustrates the actual norms that speakers exemplify in various ways.
- Contents:
- STANDARDS AND VARIATION IN URBAN SPEECH EXAMPLES FROM LOWLAND SCOTS; Editorial page; Title page ; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE VERNACULAR; 3. DOUBLE STANDARDS; 4. RP R.I.P.; 5. DETERMINING LINGUISTIC INSECURITY; 6. THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF DIALECT HUMOUR; 7. URBANITY IN AN URBAN DIALECT; 8. SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES; 9. CONSISTENCY AND VARIATION; The Glasgow study; Group scores; Lexical and phonological constraints; Individual scores; Consistency; Variation; Variation and consistency; The Ayr study
- 10. THE ADVERBS OF AUTHORITY; 11. REMARKABLY COMMON ELOQUENCE: THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN DIALECT; 12. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-35837-9
- 9786613358370
- 90-272-7575-0
- OCLC:
- 816876135
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