In Slang: The People's Poetry, Michael Adams covers this perennially interesting subject in a serious but highly engaging way, illuminating the fundamental question "What is Slang" and defending slang--and all forms of nonstandard English--as integral parts of the American langu…
"Sociophonetics is a sub-branch that has attracted attention recently. Advances in speech science and technological simulation allow increasingly sophisticated studies of language contact and chance. Particularly at the level of pronunciation, these studies show that language va…
Sociophonetics is a sub-branch that has attracted attention recently. Advances in speech science and technological simulations allow increasingly sophisticated studies of language contact and change. Particularly at the level of pronunciation, these studies show that language va…
Interaktionell dialektologi
Suitable for those who are looking for fresh perspectives on the process of creolization of language, this book demonstrates how enterprising women, rebellious slaves, insubordinate sailors, and a host of other renegades and maroons had a major impact on the creolized societies,…
What is the linguistic motivation for considering that languages are related or unrelated? How and why do common linguistic properties arise? Are Creoles indeed exceptional? This book examines these questions and provides a strong foundation for continued research into the phono…
Historical dialectology: regional and social
This volume brings together a number of previously published papers, which reflect a middle-of-the-road approach in Linguistic Analysis. The first part contains articles dealing with major grammatical techniques and strategies in Arabic dialects: articles on syllabication, stres…
