Advances in Sociophonetics

Advances in Sociophonetics
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9789027270504
ISBN-13 : 9027270503
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Synopsis Advances in Sociophonetics by : Chiara Celata

Sociophonetics is a privileged domain for the investigation of language variation and change. By combining theoretical reflections and sophisticated techniques of analysis – both phonetic and statistical – it is possible to extrapolate the role of individual factors (socio-cultural, physiological, communicative-interactional, etc.) in the multidimensional space of speech variation. This book investigates the fundamental relationship between speech variation and the social background of speakers from articulatory, acoustic, dialectological, and conversational perspectives, thus breaking new ground with respect to classical variationist and dialectological studies. Specialists from a broad range of disciplines – including phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and cognitive linguistics – will find innovative suggestions for multiple approaches to language variation. Although presuming some basic knowledge of experimental phonetics and sociolinguistics, the book is addressed to all readers with an interest in speech and language variation mechanisms in social interaction.

Recent Advances in the Study of Spanish Sociophonetic Perception

Recent Advances in the Study of Spanish Sociophonetic Perception
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9789027262035
ISBN-13 : 9027262039
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Synopsis Recent Advances in the Study of Spanish Sociophonetic Perception by : Whitney Chappell

This book provides a cutting-edge exploration of the social meaning of phonetic variation in the Spanish-speaking world. Its 11 chapters elucidate the ways in which listeners process, perceive, and propagate phonetically motivated social meaning across monolingual and contact varieties, including the Spanish spoken in Spain (Asturias, Catalonia, and Andalusia), Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and the United States. The book presents a wide variety of new and innovative research by renowned scholars, and the chapters examine issues like the influence of visual cues, bilingualism, contact, geographic mobility, and phonotactic predictability on social and linguistic perception. Additionally, the volume engages in timely discussions of intersectionality, replicability, and the future of the field. As the first unified reference on Spanish sociophonetic perception, this volume will be useful in graduate and undergraduate classrooms, in libraries, and on the bookshelf of any scholar interested in Spanish sociophonetics.

Sociophonetics

Sociophonetics
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9781107175952
ISBN-13 : 110717595X
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociophonetics by : Tyler Kendall

A concise introduction to sociophonetics, this book links research in sociolinguistics, phonetics, speech sciences, and psycholinguistics.

A Reader in Sociophonetics

A Reader in Sociophonetics
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9781934078068
ISBN-13 : 1934078069
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Synopsis A Reader in Sociophonetics by : Dennis R. Preston

Sociophonetics is one of the sub-branches of the discipline that has attracted a great deal of attention over the last decade. Recent advances in speech science and their technological simulations allow increasingly sophisticated studies of the progress of language contact and change. These studies, particularly those at the level of pronunciation, show that language variety is robust and socially embedded in interesting ways. Instrumental studies of language variety contact and change have focused on the role of social categories and attitudes in variety perception as well as production. Some of the studies presented in this volume look at the specific role of social factors in the formation, progress, and deterrence of intralingual contact and change; while others look at the ways in which social identities and beliefs influence a listener's ability to identify and comprehend varieties. These studies use detailed acoustic analyses of production speech data and of responses to samples of data based on such analyses. Although the book assumes some knowledge of basic acoustics and variationist studies, the general introduction provides a review of practices in the field, including those of collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Sociophonetics

Sociophonetics
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0415498783
ISBN-13 : 9780415498784
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Sociophonetics by : Marianna Di Paolo

-incorporates exercises and projects in each chapter --

The Handbook of English Linguistics

The Handbook of English Linguistics
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 826
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ISBN-10 : 9781405178402
ISBN-13 : 140517840X
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Synopsis The Handbook of English Linguistics by : Bas Aarts

The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection ofarticles written by leading specialists on all core areas ofEnglish linguistics that provides a state-of-the-art account ofresearch in the field. Brings together articles from the core areas of Englishlinguistics, including syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, aswell as variation, discourse, stylistics and usage Written by specialists from around the world Provides an introduction to a key area of English Linguisticsand includes a discussion of the most recent theoretical anddescriptive research, as well as extensive bibliographicreferences

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 913
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ISBN-10 : 9780190233747
ISBN-13 : 0190233745
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics by : Robert Bayley

This major new survey of sociolinguistics identifies gaps in our existing knowledge base and provides directions for future research.

Sound change, priming, salience

Sound change, priming, salience
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Publisher : Language Science Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9783961101191
ISBN-13 : 3961101191
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Synopsis Sound change, priming, salience by : Marten Juskan

This volume investigates the realisation and perception of four phonological variables in Liverpool English (Scouse), with a special focus on their sociolinguistic salience. Younger speakers’ speech is found to be more local, but only for the two salient variables in the sample (NURSE-SQUARE and /k/ lenition), which appear to carry considerable amounts of covert prestige. Local variants of non-salient happy-tensing and velar nasal plus, on the other hand, are actually found to be receding, so at least to a certain extent Scouse also seems to be participating in regional dialect levelling. The importance of salience is also obvious in the perception data, with only the two highly salient stereotypes generating robust effects in a social priming experiment (albeit in the unexpected direction). These results indicate that the investigated variables differ measurably not only in their use in production, but also in terms of how central they are to mental sociolinguistic representations of Scouse. They also tell us more about the way we process, store, and (re-)use sociolinguistic variation in perception. By defining likely contexts for significant priming effects they might finally even help in coming up with a more elaborate

Style-shifting in Public

Style-shifting in Public
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9789027234896
ISBN-13 : 9027234892
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Style-shifting in Public by : Juan Manuel Hernández Campoy

Language acts are acts of identity, and linguistic variation reflects the multifaceted construction of verbal alternatives for transmitting social meaning, where style-shifting represents our ability to take up different social positions due to its potential for linguistic performance, rhetorical stance-taking and identity projection.Traditional variationist conceptualizations of style-shifting as a primarily responsive phenomenon seem unable to account for all stylistic choices. In contrast, more recent formulations see stylistic variation as initiative, creative and strategic in personal and interpersonal identity construction and projection, making a significant contribution to our understanding of this aspect of sociolinguistic variation. In this volume social constructivist approaches to style-shifting are further developed by bringing together research which suggests that people make stylistic choices aimed at conveying (and achieving) a particular social categorization, sociolinguistic meaning, and/or to project a specific positioning in society. Therefore, there is a need, we collectively argue, to adopt permeable and flexible multidimensional, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to speaker agency that take into consideration not only reactive but also proactive motivations for stylistic variation, and where individuals – rather than groups – and their strategies are the main focus when examining style-shifting in public. This book will be of interest to advanced students and academics in the areas of sociolinguistics, dialectology, social psychology, anthropology and sociology.

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 690
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ISBN-10 : 9780429575846
ISBN-13 : 042957584X
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish by : Manuel Díaz-Campos

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish provides an up-to-date overview of the latest research examining sociolinguistic approaches to analyzing variation in Spanish. Divided into three sections, the book includes the most current research conducted in Spanish variationist sociolinguistics. This comprehensive volume covers phonological, morphosyntactic, social, and lexical variation in Spanish. Each section is further divided into subsections focusing on specific areas of language variation, highlighting the most salient and current developments in each subfield of Hispanic sociolinguistics. As such, this Handbook delves further into the details of topics relating to variation and change in Spanish than previous publications, with a focus on the symbolic sociolinguistic value of specific phenomena in the field. Encouraging readers to think critically about language variation, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of Hispanic sociolinguistics. The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish will be a welcome addition to specialists and students in the fields of linguistics, Hispanic linguistics, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology.