Conversations with Strangers
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Sociolinguistics
ISBN-10
100934093X
ISBN-13
9781009340939
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 17th, 2023
Print length
75 Pages
Weight
126 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
SociolinguisticsDialect, slang & jargonCommunication studiesFolklore, myths & legends
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This Element documents the evolution of a research program that began in the early 1960s with the author's first investigation of language change on Martha's Vineyard. It traces the development of what has become the basic framework for studying language variation and change.
This Element documents the evolution of a research program that began in the early 1960s with the author''s first investigation of language change on Martha''s Vineyard. It traces the development of what has become the basic framework for studying language variation and change. Interviews with strangers are the backbone of this research: the ten American English speakers appearing here were all strangers to the interviewer at the time. They were selected as among the most memorable, from thousands of interviews across six decades. The speakers express their ideas and concerns in the language of everyday life, dealing with their way of earning a living, getting along with neighbors, raising a family all matters in which their language serves them well. These people speak for themselves. And you will hear their voices. What they have to say is a monument to the richness and variety of the American vernacular, offering a tour of the studies that have built the field of sociolinguistics.
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