{"product_id":"variation-in-an-english-dialect-a-sociolinguistic-study-paperback-9780521117159","title":"Variation in an English Dialect; A Sociolinguistic Study (Paperback) 9780521117159","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVariation in an English Dialect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Sociolinguistic Study\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr Cheshire fieldwork analyses phonological variation in spontaneous everyday conversation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJenny Cheshire (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521117159, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDr Cheshire's fieldwork concentrates on phonological variation in spontaneous everyday conversation. She interviews a group of non-standard English speakers living in Reading, Berkshire. Her data provides a basis for a perceptive analysis of variation in contemporary English and of the nature and function of variation in general. She specifically focuses on morphological and syntactic variation, and thus also provides a valid description between standard English and a variety used by working-class speakers, which will interest not only linguists including sociolinguists and dialectologists, but many workers in education. Linguistic and social constraints on variation are established, and the analysis also demonstrates how speakers are able to exploit the resources of the language system to convey social meaning. The data Dr Cheshire has collected are in themselves an important contribution to the study of language in its social context, whilst the analysis has significant theoretical implications for diachronic and synchronic linguistics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Methodology: 1. Preliminary considerations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Data collection\u003cbr\u003e 3. Methods of analysis\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Linguistic Variation: 4. Verb forms\u003cbr\u003e 5. Negation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Relative pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 7. Other nonstandard forms\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Sociolinguistic Variation: 8. Social variation\u003cbr\u003e 9. Stylistic variation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of authors\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006522249496,"sku":"9780521117159","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521117159i_23962a3f-ab5c-48b2-94a5-e11aeb465e5e.jpg?v=1691371548","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/variation-in-an-english-dialect-a-sociolinguistic-study-paperback-9780521117159","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}