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Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France
Wendy Ayres-Bennett
其他書名
Methodology and Case Studies
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2004-10-14
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
ISBN
1139453572
9781139453578
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ITFJKQABgi0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book provides a systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a range of case studies, Wendy Ayres-Bennett makes available data about linguistic variation in this period, showing the wealth and variety of language usage at a time that is considered to be the most 'standardising' in the history of French. Variation is analysed in terms of the speaker's 'pre-verbal constitution' - such as gender, age and socio-economic status - or by the medium, register or genre used. As well as examining linguistic variation itself, the book also considers the fundamental methodological issues that are central to all socio-historical linguistic accounts and, more importantly, addresses the question of what the appropriate sources are for linguists taking a socio-historical approach. In each chapter, the case studies present a range of phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues, which pose different methodological questions for sociolinguists and historical linguists alike.