"The origins of sound change is one of the oldest and most challenging questions in the study of language. The goal of this volume is to examine current approaches to sound change from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, including articulatory variation and…
" This book makes an important contribution to the growing debate on linguistic human rights. By bringing together research on language rights, language 'survival' and minority language planning in specific contexts from Africa, Asia, Central and North America and Europe, it aim…
by Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, D.C.), Schiffrin, Deborah, De Fina, Anna, GURT, Washington, D.C.), Round Table on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC, Georgetown University
Introduction / Deborah Schiffrin and Anna De Fina -- Where Should I begin? / William Labov -- The remediation of storytelling : Narrative performance on early commercial sound recordings / Richard Bauman -- Narrative, culture, and mind / Jerome Bruner -- Positioning as a metagra…
