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100 1 Schneider, Edgar W
245 10 Focus on the USA
264 1 Philadelphia :|bJohn Benjamins Publishing Company,|c1996
264 4 |c©1996
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490 1 Varieties of English Around the World ;|vv.16
505 0 FOCUS ON THE USA -- Editorial page -- Title page --
Copyright page -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION:
RESEARCHTRENDSIN THE STUDY OF AMERICAN ENGLISH --
References -- PINEY WOODS SOUTHERN -- References --
FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH -- 1. Introduction -- 2.
Probability mapping -- 3. Lexical variation in colonial
cities -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- THE COMPARABILITY
OF LINGUISTIC ATLAS RECORDS: THE CASE OF LANCS AND LAGS --
1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 3. Lexical results -- 4.
Phonological results -- 5. Conclusion -- References --
TERMSUSED FOR CHILDREN'S GAMES: COMPARING DARE'S FINDINGS
WITH USAGE OF TODAY'S YOUTH -- 1. Introduction -- 2.
Methodology -- 3. Findings -- 4. Summary and reasons for
change -- THE DIALECTS OF THE MIDDLE WEST -- 1.
Introduction -- 2. Northern, Midland, North Midland, South
Midland -- 3. Pronunciation: Sociolinguistic methods in a
geographical context -- 4. Foreign language influences --
References -- DIALECT CHANGE AND MAINTENANCE IN A POST-
INSULAR ISLAND COMMUNITY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An
ethnographic perspective on dialect study -- 3. The
Ocracoke "Brogue" and other American English dialects --
4. The case of Ocracoke /ay/: Phonetic and phonological
issues -- 5. Phonetic implausibility vs. social
significance -- 6. Weren't regularization -- 7. Applying
the principle of linguistic gratuity in Ocracoke --
References -- A COMPARISON OF VARIATION PATTERNS OF
VARIABLES AMONG SIXTH-GRADERS IN AN OHIO COMMUNITY -- 1.
Influences on dialectal change -- 1.1. The survey -- 1.2.
The community -- 2. Methods -- 2.1. Interviewing -- 2.2.
Measurement of linguistic variables -- 2.3. Independent
variables -- 2.4. Measurement of correlation -- 3.
Analyses of the linguistic variables -- 3.1. /o/ -- 3.2. /
æ/ -- 3.3. /ai/ -- 3.4. Upgliding in dog and similar words
-- 3.5. The merger of pre-nasal /I/ and /ul/
505 8 3.6. Mergers involving /ol/, /ull/, and /ul/ -- 3.7. Don't
and home -- 3.8. Roof -- 3.9. Hostile -- 3.10. Lightning
bug -- 3.11. Teeter-totter -- 4. Conclusions --
Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- References -- PERCEPTIONS
WITHIN A VARIABLE PARADIGM: BLACK AND WHITE RACIAL
DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONBASED ON SPEECH* --
1.Introduction -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3.
Procedures -- 3.1. Speech selection -- 3.2. The Linguistic
Sensitivity Test -- 3.3. Data specification -- 4. Results
-- 4.1. Possible interpretations -- 4.2. Native
evaluations and second language evaluations -- 4.3 Native
judges ' evaluations based on social background -- 5.
Implications for research on housing discrimination -- 6.
Conclusion -- References -- SEX-BASED DIFFERENCES IN
LANGUAGE CHOICE IN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN
DETROIT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The inner city area study
-- 3. Theoretical considerations -- 4. The Vernacular
Language Project (VLP) -- 5. Language and gender -- 6.
Language and gender in the 60+ age group -- References --
THE ENGLISH COMPETENCE OF CUBAN EXILES: THE CASE OF NOUN
PLURALIZATION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Informant selection
and data gathering -- 3. Data analysis -- 4. Results and
discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- WHAT WAS
VERBAL -S IN 19TH-CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH? -- 1.
Introduction -- 2. Evidence for language contact from
written documents -- 3. Verbal -s marking -- 4. Discussion
-- 5. Conclusions -- References -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AMERICAN ENGLISHES:SOME QUESTIONS FROM A CREOLE GENESIS
PERSPECTIVE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why are WAVEs not
creoles? -- 3. The genesis of AAE -- 3.1. A critique of
the literature -- 3.2. What history suggests: A
competition-of-feature hypothesis -- 4. The development of
WAVEs: A creole perspective -- 5. Conclusions --
References
505 8 HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DISTRIBUTION OF DOUBLE MODALS
IN ENGLISH -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The distribution of
double modals in contemporary AmericanEnglish -- 3.
Atlantic Creole sources -- 4. British English sources --
5. U.S. settlement history -- 6. Spontaneous generation in
the south -- 7. Historical grammatical sources -- 8.
Summary -- References -- AMERICAN COLLEGE SLANG --
References -- WHERE THE WORST ENGLISH IS SPOKEN -- 1.
Quantitative studies -- 1.1 Hand-drawn maps -- 1.2.
Correct and pleasant -- 1.3. Degree of difference -- 1.4.
Placement of regional voices -- 1.5. Summary of
quantitative research -- 2. Conversational evidence --
References -- Addresses of authors -- SUBJECT INDEX
520 This volume presents fifteen original research papers by
renowned specialists in their respective fields. A variety
of research traditions are included, such as dialect
geography and sociolinguistics, but also smaller sub-
fields such as the study of slang and perceptual
dialectology. Varieties studied include the South, the
Eastern Seaboard, the Middle West, African American
English, Cuban English, and others. A growing sense of
unity in the discipline is reflected by recurring topics
and methods across earlier boundaries between sub-
disciplines. For instance, computerized data and
statistical analyses are standard tools nowadays, and a
few papers explicitly address the possibilities and
limitations of these methods. The study of variation and
change of linguistic varieties has largely replaced
earlier, monolithic notions of dialect, and the question
of change in dialects, the erosion of traditional speech
forms under the impact of modern communication patterns
and socio-economic developments, is investigated in
several contributions. In general, a recent orientation
towards the history and development of nonstandard
varieties is reflected in the book - several papers study
diffusion patterns of linguistic forms, or discuss the
emergence of individual dialects or dialectal forms in a
language contact framework. Altogether, the papers provide
a lively illustration of and a fairly representative
selection from ongoing high-quality linguistic research
into American English
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