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Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:41:52
From: Eleanor Hennerley [ehennerley at cambridge.org]
Subject: Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation: Hall-Lew, Moore, Podesva (eds.)

 


Title: Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation 
Subtitle: Theorizing the Third Wave 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/social-meaning-and-linguistic-variation-theorizing-third-wave?format=HB 


Editor: Lauren Hall-Lew
Editor: Emma Moore
Editor: Robert J. Podesva

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108471626 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 125.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108471626 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108471626 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 110.87


Abstract:

The 'third wave' of variation study, spearheaded by the sociolinguist Penelope
Eckert, places its focus on social meaning, or the inferences that can be
drawn about speakers based on how they talk. While social meaning has always
been a concern of modern sociolinguistics, its aims and assumptions have not
been explicitly spelled out until now. This pioneering book provides a
comprehensive overview of the central tenets of variation study, examining
several components of dialects, and considering language use in a wide variety
of cultural and linguistic contexts. Each chapter, written by a leader in the
field, posits a unique theoretical claim about social meaning and presents new
empirical data to shed light on the topic at hand. The volume makes a case for
why attending to social meaning is vital to the study of variation while also
providing a foundation from which variationists can productively engage with
social meaning.
 



1. Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation: Theoretical Foundations Lauren
Hall-Lew, Emma Moore and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Where is (Social)
Meaning?: 2. Social Meaning and Sound Change Lauren Hall-Lew, Amanda Cardoso
and Emma Davies; 3. The Social Meaning of Syntax Emma Moore; 4. The Social
Meaning of Semantic Properties Andrea Beltrama and Laura Staum Casasanto; 5.
Pragmatics and the Third Wave: The Social Meaning of Definites Eric K. Acton;
6. The Cognitive Structure behind Indexicality: Correlations in Tasks Linking
/s/ Variation and Masculinity Kathryn Campbell-Kibler; Part II. The Structure
of Social Meaning: 7. Sociolinguistic Signs as Cognitive Representations
Annette D'Onofrio; 8. Perceptions of Style: A Focus on Fundamental Frequency
and Perceived Social Characteristics Katie Drager, Kate Hardeman Guthrie,
Rachel Schutz and Ivan Chik; 9. Features, Meanings, and Indexical Fields Marie
Maegaard and Nicolai Pharao; 10. Reconciling Seemingly Conflicting Social
Meanings Roey J. Gafter; 11. Biographical Indexicality: Personal History as a
Frame of Reference for Social Meaning in Variation Devyani Sharma; Part III.
Meaning and Linguistic Change: 12. Emergence of Social Meaning in
Sociolinguistic Change Qing Zhang; 13. Multiethnolect and Dialect in and
across Communities Pia Quist; 14. Changing Language, Changing Character Types
Rebecca Lurie Starr; 15. Social Meaning and the Temporal Dynamics of Sound
Change Meredith Tamminga; 16. The Role of the Body in Language Change Robert
J. Podesva; 17. Afterword Penelope Eckert.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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