UID:
edocfu_9958354177002883
Format:
1 online resource(xvi,167p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter Mouton. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9783110305395
Series Statement:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]; 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.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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List of figures --
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List of tables --
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1. Preliminaries --
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2. Defining Salience --
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3. Methodology --
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4. Definite Article Reduction --
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5. Glottalisation in the South of England --
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6. Hiatus resolution in Hungarian --
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7. Derhoticisation in Glasgow --
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8. Salience and models of the lexicon --
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9. Salience and language change --
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10. Conclusions --
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Bibliography --
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Index.
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Also available in print edition.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110304329
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110305401
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110305395
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110305395
