Language and a sense of place : studies in language and region / Chris Montgomery, University of Sheffield, Emma Moore, University of Sheffield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Montgomery, Chris (Linguist), editor.

Moore, Emma (Linguist), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Identity (Psychology).

Anthropological linguistics.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Place has always been central to studies of language, variation and change. Since the eighteenth century, dialectologists have been mapping language features according to boundaries - both physical and institutional. In the twentieth century, variationist sociolinguists developed techniques to correlate language use with speakers' orientations to place. More recently, perceptual dialectologists are examining the cognitive and ideological processes involved in language-place correlations and working on ways to understand how speakers mentally process space. Bringing together research from across the field of language variation, this volume explores the extent of twenty-first century approaches to place. It features work from both established and influential scholars, and up and coming researchers, and brings language variation research up to date. The volume focuses on four key areas of research: processes of language variation and change across time and space; methods and datasets for regional analysis; perceptions of the local in language research; and ideological representations of place.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-18367-0

1-108-18445-6

1-108-18459-6

1-108-18472-3

1-108-18537-1

1-316-16247-8

1-108-18485-5