English historical sociolinguistics /

English historical sociolinguistics /

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Author / Creator:Millar, Robert McColl, 1966-
Imprint:Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2012.
Description:xvi, 220 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh textbooks on the English language - Advanced
Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
Subject:
English language -- Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics -- History.
English language -- Variation.
English language -- Social aspects.
English language -- Variation.
Sociolinguistics.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8881459
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ISBN:0748641807
9780748641802
9780748641819
0748641815
9780748664382
0748664386
9780748664399
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9780748664405
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword: Towards a sociolinguistic history of the English language
  • 1. Sociolinguistics: an overview
  • 1.1. Historical linguistics and sociolinguistics
  • 1.2. Sociolinguistics
  • 1.3. Conclusions
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 2. Language change and sociolinguistic processes in the past
  • 2.1. Sociolinguistic change in the recent past: /r/ in New York City
  • 2.2. Sociolinguistic change in the more distant past
  • 2.3. Discussion
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 3. Standardization
  • 3.1. Theories of linguistic dominance, subordination and standardization
  • 3.2. The standardization of early Modern English
  • 3.3. The development of an English standard
  • 3.4. The dialectalisation of Scots
  • 3.5. Conclusions
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 4. Codification and ideology
  • 4.1. Modern ideologies of language
  • 4.2. The codification of English
  • 4.3. Towards a middle class culture
  • 4.4. USA: pluralism, unity, purism
  • 4.5. Lower middle class language ideologies in modern Britain and beyond
  • 4.6. Discussion
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 5. Contact and shift as agents of change
  • 5.1. Typological change from Old English to Middle English
  • 5.2. Language contact as catalyst
  • 5.3. Language contact from a theoretical viewpoint
  • 5.4. Weighing up the evidence: contact and linguistic change
  • 5.5. Discussion
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 6. Linguistic contact and new dialect formation
  • 6.1. Colonial dialects: an introduction
  • 6.2. Theoretical models
  • 6.3. Case studies
  • 6.4. Conclusion
  • Further reading
  • Some issues to consider
  • 7. Some final thoughts
  • References
  • Index

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