27.636, Books: Uptalk: Warren

[The LINGUIST List via LINGUIST]

LINGUIST List: Vol-27-636. Tue Feb 02 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.636, Books: Uptalk: Warren

Moderators: linguist at linguistlist.org (Damir Cavar, Malgorzata E. Cavar)
Reviews: reviews at linguistlist.org (Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry, Sara Couture)
Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
                   25 years of LINGUIST List!
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Sara  Couture <sara at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:32:16
From: Katie Laker [klaker at cambridge.org]
Subject: Uptalk: Warren

 


Title: Uptalk 
Subtitle: The Phenomenon of Rising Intonation 
Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: http://bit.ly/1RYQ4U8 


Author: Paul Warren

Paperback: ISBN:  9781107560840 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 29.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107560840 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 17.99


Abstract:

'Uptalk' is commonly used to refer to rising intonation at the end of
declarative sentences, or (to put it more simply) the tendency for people to
make statements that sound like questions, a phenomenon that has received wide
exposure and commentary in the media. How and where did it originate? Who are
the most frequent 'uptalkers'? How much does it vary according to the
speaker's age, gender and regional dialect? Is it found in other languages as
well as English? These and other questions are the subject of this fascinating
book. The first comprehensive analysis of 'uptalk', it examines its historical
origins, geographical spread and social influences. Paul Warren also looks at
the media's coverage of the phenomenon, including the tension between the
public's perception and the views of experts. Uptalk will be welcomed by those
working in linguistics, as well as anyone interested in the way we talk today.
   
1. Introduction – why 'uptalk'?; 2. The forms of uptalk; 3. The meanings and
functions of uptalk; 4. Uptalk in English varieties; 5. Origins and spread of
uptalk; 6. Social and stylistic variation in uptalk use; 7. Credibility killer
and conversational anthrax: uptalk in the media; 8. Perception studies of
uptalk; 9. Uptalk in other languages; 10. Methodology in uptalk research; 11.
Summary and prospect.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=97674

PUBLISHING PARTNER

    Cambridge University Press
        http://us.cambridge.org

MAJOR SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS

    Akademie Verlag GmbH
        http://www.oldenbourg-verlag.de/akademie-verlag

    Bloomsbury Linguistics (formerly Continuum Linguistics)
        http://www.bloomsbury.com

    Brill
        http://www.brill.nl

    Cambridge Scholars Publishing
        http://www.c-s-p.org

    Cascadilla Press
        http://www.cascadilla.com/

    Classiques Garnier
        http://www.classiques-garnier.com/

    De Gruyter Mouton
        http://www.degruyter.com/

    Edinburgh University Press
        http://www.euppublishing.com

    Elsevier Ltd
        http://www.elsevier.com/

    Equinox Publishing Ltd
        http://www.equinoxpub.com/

    European Language Resources Association (ELRA)
        http://www.elra.info/

    Georgetown University Press
        http://www.press.georgetown.edu/

    John Benjamins
        http://www.benjamins.com/

    Lincom GmbH
        http://www.lincom-shop.eu/

    MIT Press
        http://mitpress.mit.edu/

    Multilingual Matters
        http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

    Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG
        http://www.narr.de/

    Oxford University Press
        oup.com/us

    Palgrave Macmillan
        http://www.palgrave.com/

    Peter Lang AG
        http://www.peterlang.com/

    Rodopi
        http://www.rodopi.nl/

    Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
        http://www.routledge.com/

    Springer
        http://www.springer.com/

    University of Toronto Press
        http://www.utpjournals.com/

    Wiley-Blackwell
        http://www.wiley.com/

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS

    Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
        http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm

    International Pragmatics Assoc.
        http://ipra.ua.ac.be/

    Linguistic Association of Finland
        http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/

    Morgan & Claypool Publishers
        http://www.morganclaypool.com/

    Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
        http://www.lotpublications.nl/

    Seoul National University
        http://j-cs.org/index/index.php

    SIL International Publications
        http://www.sil.org/resources/publications

    Universitat Jaume I
        http://www.uji.es/CA/publ/

    University of Nebraska Press
        http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/

    Utrecht institute of Linguistics
        http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/



------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*****************    LINGUIST List Support    *****************
Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
            http://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-27-636	
----------------------------------------------------------