The Social Meanings of Language, Dialect and Accent

International Perspectives on Speech Styles

196 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume represents a unique contribution to the area of language attitudes research with its focus on how languages, dialects and accents induce us to form social judgments about people who use these forms. The essays attend to evaluations of speech styles across nations. No previous work has embraced this comparative perspective globally, but such a volume that situates language and attitude research in the 21st century is long overdue. The content is culturally diverse and showcases the work of eminent scholars across the globe. Each chapter brings its own theoretical interpretation to this field of study, and the book provides the reader with a plethora of models that extend our understanding of language attitudes. It is fitting that Cindy Gallois, who has incisively contributed to research on language attitudes over the past 30 years, provides an epilogue on the current state of language attitudes research.

• Reihe: Language as Social Action
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Theorien und Denkschulen Verhaltenstheorie
• ISBN: 9781433118685
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.11.2012
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
• Band herausgegeben von: Howard Giles, Bernadette M. Watson