Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Preston, Dennis R

Title Perceptual dialectology : nonlinguists' views of areal linguistics / Dennis R. Preston
Published Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvi, 141 pages)
Series Topics in Sociolinguistics ; 7
Topics in sociolinguistics ; 7.
Contents Frontmatter -- Preface -- Foreword -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: The Study of Folk Perceptions of Language Differences: An Historical Account -- Chapter 2: Hawaiian Perceptions of United States Dialect Distribution -- Chapter 3: Where They Speak Correct English: The View from Southern Indiana -- Chapter 4: The Nicest English is in Indiana -- Chapter 5: The Perception of Language Variety in Brazil -- Chapter 6: Five Visions of America -- Chapter 7: Prospects -- References -- Index
Notes Originally published in 1989
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from cover (de Gruyter ReferenceGlobal, viewed December 16, 2011)
Subject English language -- United States -- Dialectology
Portuguese language -- Dialects -- Brazil
Language and languages -- Variation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
English language -- Dialectology
Language and languages -- Variation
Portuguese language -- Dialects
Brazil
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110131116
3110131110
9783110871913
3110871912