Meaning and linguistic variation : the third wave in sociolinguistics / Penelope Eckert, Stanford University, California.
Linguistic styles particularly variations in pronunciation, carry a wide range of meaning - from speakers' socio-economic class to their mood or stance in the moment. This book examines the development of the study of sociolinguistic variation, from early demographic studies to a focus on the c...
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Beginnings
- Gascon
- Stigma and meaning in language shift
- Part II. My participation in the second wave
- Jocks and burnouts
- Jocks, burnouts and sound change
- The local and the extra-local
- On the outs
- Foregrounding style
- Part III. The third wave
- The SLIC generation
- The nature of indexicality in variation
- What kinds of signs are these?
- The semiotic landscape.