Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of that field. Introductory texts often disparage folk-belief in contrast to "scientfic truth". In fact, language is a ubiquitous topic of discussion and general concern of the folk. They talk about grammar, pronunciation, first and second language learning, language disabilities, dialects, gender and language, and a host of other topics. This book approaches such beliefs as one of the most important aspects of ethnography. Surely what a people believe about their language is as important as any other key to an understanding of their culture.
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"This fascinating book investigates how non-linguists think and talk about language." -- Joseph Salmons in Diachronica
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Nancy Niedzielski is Assistant Professor at Rice University, Houston, USA. Dennis Preston is Professor at Michigan State University, USA.
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Folk linguistics has not fared well in the history of the science, and linguists have generally taken an "us" versus "them" position. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
folk respondents, folk linguists, linguistic folk belief, perlocutionary uptake, folk awareness, folk dialectology, folk linguistics, correctness ratings, correctness task, folk comment, linguistic insecurity, phonological matters, linguistic security, nonstandard speakers, taboo forms, folk accounts, nonstandard varieties, minor boundary, folk opinion, dialect map, southern speech, covert prestige, recording site, folk perception, overt comment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York City, Ann Arbor, South Midland, New Albany, North Midland, Inner South, South Bend, Bowling Green, American English, New England, New Jersey, South Carolina, British English, Great Lakes, Great Britain, North Carolina, Northern Cities Shift, Eastern Michigan University, Outer South, Baton Rouge, Lower North, North Dakota, Upper South New!
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Folk linguistics has not fared well in the history of the science, and linguists have generally taken an "us" versus "them" position. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
folk respondents, folk linguists, linguistic folk belief, perlocutionary uptake, folk awareness, folk dialectology, folk linguistics, correctness ratings, correctness task, folk comment, linguistic insecurity, phonological matters, linguistic security, nonstandard speakers, taboo forms, folk accounts, nonstandard varieties, minor boundary, folk opinion, dialect map, southern speech, covert prestige, recording site, folk perception, overt comment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York City, Ann Arbor, South Midland, New Albany, North Midland, Inner South, South Bend, Bowling Green, American English, New England, New Jersey, South Carolina, British English, Great Lakes, Great Britain, North Carolina, Northern Cities Shift, Eastern Michigan University, Outer South, Baton Rouge, Lower North, North Dakota, Upper South New!
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- Black English by J.L. Dillard on page 127, and Back Matter
- Linguistics: The Cambridge Survey: Volume 2, Linguistic Theory: Extensions and Implications by Frederick J. Newmeyer in Back Matter
- Dialects and American English by Walt Wolfram in Back Matter
- The Handbook of Discourse Analysis (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics) by Deborah Schiffrin in Front Matter
- East and West by Gerald Green in Back Matter
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- Bad Language: Are Some Words Better than Others? by Edwin L. Battistella in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Standard English: The Widening Debate by Tony Bex in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Standard English: The Widening Debate by Tony Bex in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics (Routledge Companions) by Carmen Llamas on page 121, and Back Matter
- Style and Sociolinguistic Variation by Penelope Eckert in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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