Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one–to–one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Socioinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline. An authentic, inside story about the origins of Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change, recording the context and spirit of sociolinguistics Provides a timely audio archive of the reminiscences of the major Sociolinguists, including Labov, Fasold, Milroy, Trudgill, and Wolfram, with a companion website at featuring 400 audio clips from the interviews Gives students access to the views on language variation of major sociolinguists such as Bill Labov and Peter Trudgill Offers a human story of an academic field, and is written in the style of a novel, offering complete accessibility with minimal in–group terminology INDICE: Preface viii .1 Where It Begins 1 .2 Synchronicity and Sociolinguistics 25 .3 A Crescendo of Research 53 .4 Roots of Variationist Thinking 74 .5 Sociolinguistics in the Street 88 .6 Why Statistics Is in Your Head 107 .7 Sociolinguistics From the Heart 121 .8 Branching Out; Bursting at the Seams 131 .9 Why Do You Like Variation? 158 .10 Launching the Future 169 .Afterword 185 .Appendix A List of Interviews 186 .Appendix B VSLX Family Tree 187 .References 193 .Index 000
- ISBN: 978-1-118-45516-6
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha Publicación: 12/10/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés