Salience in Sociolinguistics

A Quantitative Approach

von Péter Rácz

167 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This work proposes a definition of the notion of salience in sociolinguistics. Salient linguistic variants are those that are easily picked up by the listeners, and these stand in opposition to `invisible' variants, which are, even if they also show complex social stratification, completely ignored. Taking a quantitative angle, this work sees salience as a function of relative frequency differences, giving it an empirically testable operationalisation.

• Reihe: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Soziolinguistik
• ISBN: 9783110304329
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2013
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton