The chapters in this volume bring
together some of the most prominent
researchers in the field ofsociolinguistic
variation, both established names and newer
voices, for thoughtful reflections on
thefield. The chapters cover a wide range of
core issues, but within this diversity is a
common theme:the critique of conventional
wisdom in the sociolinguistic study of
variation and the extension ofimportant
concepts in variationist research to new
areas. This volume is the kind of work
thatengages the reader in dialogue,
challenges assumptions, and unveils new
perspectives.The four main parts of the book
provide different perspectives from which
particular topics insociolinguistic research
are reappraised and explored. Taken
together, the chapters inSociolinguistic
Variation are a kind of road map of the
field: where we have been and where wehope
to go. The conference from which these
chapters emerged brought out the authors'
voices inan unusually intimate and direct
way. They speak to issues in the field
critically and contemplatively,looking back
at the established practices of the
variationist tradition and looking forward
into howthe future of this relatively young
field may develop.
Fought is Professor of Linguistics at
Pitzer College.
《社会语言学变异的批判性反思(英文版)/牛津
社会语言学丛书》由卡门·佛特主编。
目录
Contributors
Introduction, Carmen Fought
Part I: Sociolinguistic Methods
1.Some Sources of Divergent Data in Sociolinguistics, Guy Bailey and Jan Tillery
2.Ordinary Events, William Labov
3.Exploring Intertextuality in the Sociolinguistic Interview, Natalie Schilling-Estes
Part If: The Exploration of \"Place\"
4.Place, Globalization, and Linguistic Variation, Barbara Johnstone
5.The Sociolinguistic Construction of Remnant Dialects, Walt Wolfram
6.Variation and a Sense of Place, Penelope Eckert
7.Adolescents, Young Adults, and the Critical Period: Two Case Studies from \"Seven Up\", Gillian Sankoff
8.Three Kinds of Sociolinguistics: A Psycholinguistic Perspective, Dennis R. Preston
Part IV: Attitudes and Ideologies
9.Language Ideologies and Linguistic Change, Lesley Milroy
10.The Radical Conservatism of Scots, Ronald Macaulay
11.Spoken Soul: The Beloved, Belittled Language of Black America, John R. Rickford
Index