33.1128, Books: Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation: Christensen, Juel Jensen (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:28:58
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation: Christensen, Juel Jensen (eds.)

 


Title: Explanations in Sociosyntactic Variation 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/explanations-sociosyntactic-variation?format=HB 


Editor: Tanya Karoli Christensen
Editor: Torben Juel Jensen

Hardback: ISBN:  9781108492843 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108492843 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108492843 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

What explains variation in human language? How are linguistic and social
factors related? How do we examine possible semantic differences between
variants? These questions and many more are explored in this volume, which
examines syntactic variables in a range of languages. It brings together a
team of internationally acclaimed authors to provide perspectives on how and
why syntax varies between and within speakers, focusing on explaining
theoretical backgrounds and methods. The analyses presented are based on a
range of languages, making it possible to address the questions from a
cross-linguistic perspective. All chapters demonstrate rigorous quantitative
analyses, which expose the conditioning factors in language change as well as
offering important insights into community and individual grammars. It is
essential reading for researchers and students with an interest in language
variation and change, and the theoretical framework and methods applied in the
study of how and why syntax varies.
 



1. When syntactic variables are compared Sali Tagliamonte; 2. Mapping syntax
and the sociolinguistic monitor Jennifer Smith, Sophie Holmes-Elliott; 3. A
Columbia School perspective on explanation in morphosyntactic variation
Ricardo Otheguy, Naomi Lapidus Shin; 4. On the inevitability of social meaning
and ideology in accounts of syntactic change: Evidence from pronoun
competition in Netherlandic Dutch Stefan Grondelaers Paul van Gent , and
Roeland van Hout; 5. About the predictability of social stratification of
syntactic variants Leonie Cornips; 6. When variants lack semantic equivalence:
Adverbial subclause word order Tanya Karoli Christensen Torben Juel Jensen;
Index.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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