Responses to language varieties : variability, processes and outcomes / edited by Alexei Prikhodkine, University of Geneva ; Dennis R. Preston, Oklahoma State University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prikhodkine, Alexei, editor.

Preston, Dennis Richard, editor.

Series:

Impact, studies in language and society ; Volume 39.

IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society, 1385-7908 ; Volume 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Speech perception.

Language awareness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is about responses to language variety — their variability, shape, and content, as well as the variable cognitive and neural pathways underlying them. The chapters explore access to, processing of, and outcomes of that diversity and complexity. Many traditions are represented: from social psychology come classic experimental methods as well as more current discourse-based analyses; anthropology is represented in indexicality, iconization, recursivity, erasure, enregisterment, and ideologies; the sociolinguistic focus on specific rather than global elements that trigger responses is highlighted. The individual chapters address a variety of questions concerning language attitude, belief, and ideology, in some cases singly, in others with a more general focus, including attempts to relate one style of research to another. If we accept the fact that individuals house great variability in the underlying cognitive structures that inform responses, it follows that no single way of eliciting and studying them will do. This book provides a tour of the emerging tools that have been productive in such investigations.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Introduction

Part 1: Theoretical Backgrounds

Does language regard vary?

REACT – A constructivist theoretic framework for attitudes

Mixing methods in the study of language attitudes

Part 2: Implicit and/or explicit? When are attitudes “authentic”?

The primary relevance of subconsciously offered attitudes

Applying the Implicit Association Test to language attitudes research

Implicit attitudes and the perception of sociolinguistic variation

Part 3: What factors awaken attitudes?

Got class? Community-shared conceptualizations of social class in evaluative reactions to sociolinguistic variables

Perceived foreign accent as a predicator of face-voice match

Is Moroccan-flavoured Standard Dutch standard or not? On the use of perceptual criteria to determine the limits of standard languages

Attitudes and language detail

Topic Index

Name Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027267931

9027267936