A Winning Dialect
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A Winning Dialect
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Author : Thea R. Strand
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2024-03-26
A Winning Dialect written by Thea R. Strand and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-26 with Social Science categories.
Why did a rural dialect from the heart of Norwegian farm country win a national dialect popularity contest? What were the effects of this win, and what has happened to the winning dialect since? A Winning Dialect tells a story of linguistic and cultural transformation in the rural district of Valdres, Norway. It shows how lifelong residents have adapted to changing social, economic, and political circumstances – particularly the shift from family farming to tourism development – and how they have used local linguistic and cultural resources to craft a viable future for themselves and the places their ancestors have called home for centuries. Once stigmatized as poor and uneducated, the distinctive dialect of Valdres now holds a special place as a valuable part of Norwegian national heritage, as well as a marker of local belonging. Based on two decades of research and fieldwork, A Winning Dialect considers how a traditional dialect is transformed – linguistically and culturally – as it is put to new uses in the contemporary world.
Dialects In Schools And Communities
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Author : Walt Wolfram
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Dialects In Schools And Communities written by Walt Wolfram and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Education categories.
Text for professionals in ed. and related fields addresses natural interest & educational concern about dialects by considering some major issues confronting educational practitioners. No background in linguistics/sociolinguistics is assumed by reader.
Dialect Change
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Author : Peter Auer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-09-22
Dialect Change written by Peter Auer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Dialects are constantly changing, and due to increased mobility in more recent years, European dialects have 'levelled', making it difficult to distinguish a native of Reading from a native of London, or a native of Bonn from a native of Cologne. This comprehensive study brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change, in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Drawing on examples from a wide range of European countries - as well as areas where European languages have been transplanted - they examine a range of issues relating to dialect contact and isolation, and show how sociolinguistic conditions differ hugely between and within European countries. Each specially commissioned chapter is based on original research, giving an overview of work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. Dialect Change will be welcomed by all those interested in sociolinguistics, dialectology, the relevance of language variation to formal linguistic theories, and European languages.
The Language Instinct
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Author : Steven Pinker
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2003-02-27
The Language Instinct written by Steven Pinker and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-27 with Philosophy categories.
'Dazzling...Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to geese...Words can hardly do justice to the superlative range and liveliness of Pinker's investigations' - Independent 'A marvellously readable book...illuminates every facet of human language: its biological origin, its uniqueness to humanity, it acquisition by children, its grammatical structure, the production and perception of speech, the pathology of language disorders and the unstoppable evolution of languages and dialects' - Nature
The Rise Of English
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Author : Rosemary Salomone
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
The Rise Of English written by Rosemary Salomone and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Education categories.
A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca- - its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric "rise of English" has many obvious benefits to communication. Tourists can travel abroad with greater ease. Political leaders can directly engage their counterparts. Researchers can collaborate with foreign colleagues. Business interests can flourish in the global economy. But the rise of English has very real downsides as well. In Europe, imperatives of political integration and job mobility compete with pride in national language and heritage. In the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages. And in countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency.In The Rise of English, Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business. From the inner workings of the European Union to linguistic battles over influence in Africa, Salomone draws on a wealth of research to tell the complex story of English - and, ultimately, to argue for English not as a force for domination but as a core component of multilingualism and the transcendence of linguistic and cultural borders.
Dialect And Nationalism In China 1860 1960
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Author : Gina Anne Tam
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-05
Dialect And Nationalism In China 1860 1960 written by Gina Anne Tam and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with History categories.
Analyzes how fangyan (local Chinese languages or dialects) were central to the creation of modern Chinese nationalism.
Theories And Methods
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Author : Peter Auer
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2009-12-22
Theories And Methods written by Peter Auer and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The dimensions of time and space fundamentally cause and shape the variability of all human language. To reduce investigation of this insight to manageable proportions, researchers have traditionally concentrated on the “deepest” dialects. But it is increasingly apparent that, although most people still speak with a distinct regional coloring, the new mobility of speakers in recently industrialized and postindustrial societies and the efflorescence of communication technologies cannot be ignored. This has given rise to a reconsideration of the relationship between geographical place and cultural space, and the fundamental link between language and a spatially bounded territory. Language and Space: An International Handbook of Linguistic Variation seeks to take full account of these developments in a comprehensive, theoretically rich way. The introductory volume examines the concept of space and linguistic approaches to it, the structure and dynamics of language spaces, and relevant research methods. A second volume offers the first thorough exploration of the interplay between linguistic investigation and cartography, and subsequent volumes uniformly document the state of research into the spatial dimension of particular language groupings. Key features: comprehensive coverage of the field in terms of theory and methods the unique volume stands alone, since it neither is a handbook of dialectology or of areal linguistics, nor a handbook on language variation alone gathers together a great number of distinguished scholars and experts in the field
Language And The State
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Author : Sue Wright
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1996
Language And The State written by Sue Wright and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume looks at language revitalization and revival in Israel and Eire.
General Ne Win S Legacy Of Burmanization In Myanmar
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Author : Saw Eh Htoo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-05-15
General Ne Win S Legacy Of Burmanization In Myanmar written by Saw Eh Htoo and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-15 with Political Science categories.
This book focuses on how Burmanization created and reinforced ethnic divides since the 1962 coup d’etat. when General Ne Win concentrated all authority in the Burmese speaking army. Background research for the book includes Burmese language materials from the Burmese Socialist Party (BSP) and others that describe with what the BSP believed in their own terms. This is unique from previous works on the topic which either simply pointed out that the policies “didn’t work” and therefore are uninteresting, or to claim that they were “necessary” given the chaos of the previous regime. The authors agree that Ne Win’s policies “didn’t work.” However, the book goes further by elaborating why Burmanization policies developed in the 1960s are important for understanding Burmese society today. Most importantly, Ne Win’s ideology reflects how patterns of interethnic relationships in Myanmar lead to the “intractability” of the battles in early twenty-first century Myanmar.
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary And Expositor Of The English Language Etc
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Author : John WALKER (the Philologist.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1802
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary And Expositor Of The English Language Etc written by John WALKER (the Philologist.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1802 with categories.