Format:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 167 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
3110305399
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9783110305395
Series Statement:
Topics in English linguistics v. 84
Content:
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
Note:
Dissertation Freiburg
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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FrontmatterAcknowledgementsContentsList of figuresList of tables1. Preliminaries2. Defining Salience3. Methodology4. Definite Article Reduction5. Glottalisation in the South of England6. Hiatus resolution in Hungarian7. Derhoticisation in Glasgow8. Salience and models of the lexicon9. Salience and language change10. ConclusionsBibliographyIndex.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110304325
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110305401
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110304329
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110305395
