Folk Linguistics / / Dennis R. Preston, Nancy A. Niedzielski.

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• VerfasserIn: Niedzielski, Nancy A.,; Preston, Dennis R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 122
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 p.) :; Num. figs.

"Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of that field. Introductory texts often disparage folkbelief in contrast to 'scientific truth'. In fact, language is a ubiquitous topic of discussion and general concern of the folk. They talk about grammar, pronunciation, first and second language learning, language disabilities, dialects, gender and language, and a host of other topics. This book approaches such beliefs as one of most important aspects of ethnography. Surely what a people believe about their language is as important as any other key to an understanding of their culture. This fascinating book investigates how non-linguists think and talk about language, an area overlooked by linguists, as the authors show."Joseph Salmons in: Diachronica

Table of Contents

I-XX -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regionalism -- 3 Social factors -- 4 Language acquisition and applied linguistics -- 5 General and descriptive linguistics -- 6 The last words -- Appendix: Fieldworker and respondent identifications and indent recording data -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index