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Author_Dieter Stein
Author_Jenny Cheshire
Black Vernacular English
british
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Category=CF
Clitic Positions
Contemporary Galician
cross-linguistic analysis
dialect
Dialect Grammar
dislocations
English Dialect Grammar
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Finnish Dialects
grammar
grammatical change
historical syntax
infinitives
inflected
Inflected Infinitive
language
language standardisation
left
Left Dislocation
Mass Words
Modern Language
Nonstandard Dialect
Nonstandard Patterns
Nonstandardized Syntax
oral language structures
Past Tenses
Present Day English
Present Day Standard English
sociolinguistic variation
Spanish Languages
Speech Act Participant
Spoken Syntax
standard
Stress Clashes
SVO Language
syntactic variation in European languages
syntax
Varietal Conditions
Vernacular Syntax
Written Standard
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138437494
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between 'standard' and 'nonstandard' varieties of several different languages. Not only are some of the best-known languages of Europe represented here, but also some that have been less well-researched in the past. The chapters address the syntax of Dutch, English, French, Finnish, Galician, German and Spanish. For these languages, and many others, it is the standard varieties on which the most extensive syntactic research has been carried out, with the result that very little is known about the syntax of their dialects or the spoken colloquial varieties. The editors of this volume seek to redress the balance by taking a cross-linguistic perspective on the historical development of the standardised varieties. This allows them to identify some common characteristics of spoken language. It also helps the reader to understand the kinds of filtering processes that are involved in standardization, which result in the syntax of spoken colloquial language being different from the syntax of the standard varieties.Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Linguistics, particularly those taking courses in sociolinguistics, dialectology, and historical linguistics. The focus on a variety of languages also makes this text suitable for students studying courses which cover the linguistic aspects of European languages.
Jenny Cheshire is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, language variation and coversational narrative. Dieter Stein is Professor at Heinrich Heine University, Germany. His research interests include language development, language and communication in the internet, andthe linguistics of Hypertext.
