Handbook of perceptual dialectology. Volume 2 / edited by Daniel LongDennis 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:

xxvi, 438 p. : maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology, Volume II, expands on the coverage of both regions and methodologies in the investigation of nonlinguists' perceptions of language variety. New areas studied include Canada (anglophone and francophone), Cuba, Hungary, Italy, Korea, and Mali, and most prominent among the new approaches are studies of the salience of specific linguistic features in variety identification and assessment. As in Volume I, the reader will find in these chapters everything from the statistical treatment of the ratings of dialect attributes to studies of the actual discourses of nonlinguists discussing language variety. Dialectologists, sociolinguistics, ethnographers, and applied linguists who work in areas where language variety is a concern will appreciate the findings and methods of these studies, but social scientists of every sort who want to understand the role of language in the cultural lives of ordinary people will also find much of interest here.

Contents:

HANDBOOK OF PERCEPTUAL DIALECTOLOGY

Title page

LCC page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

References

Chapter 1 Miami Cuban Perceptions of Varieties of Spanish

Chapter 2 Aesthetic Evaluation of Dutch

Notes

Chapter 3 Perceptions of Languages in the Mandingo Region of Mali

Chapter 4 Gender Di.erences in the Perception of Turkish Regional Dialects

Chapter 5 Mental Maps

Chapter 6 Attitudes of Montreal Students Towards Varieties of French

Appendix

Chapter 7 An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Imitation

Appendix A

Appendix B

Chapter 8 California Students' Perceptions of, You Know, Regions and Dialects?

Chapter 9 Perception of Dialect Distance

Chapter 10 A Dialect with 'Great Inner Strength'?

Chapter 11 Dialect Recognition and Speech Community Focusing in New and Old Towns in England

Chapter 12 Where is the "Most Beautiful" and the "Ugliest" Hungarian Spoken?

Chapter 13 Microcosmic Perceptual Dialectology and the Consequences of Extended Linguistic Awareness

Chapter 14 Regional Di.erences in the Perception of Korean Dialects

Chapter 15 A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians

Chapter 16 Madrid Perceptions of Regional Varieties in Spain

References.

Chapter 17 Attitudes Toward Midwestern American English

Chapter 18 The Perception of Urban Varieties

Chapter 19 A Perceptual Dialect Study of French in Switzerland

Chapter 20 Influence of Vowel Devoicing on Dialect Judgments by Japanese Speakers

About the Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612160837

9781282160835

1282160834

9789027296054

9027296057

OCLC:

55664359