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Wang, William S-Y. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Discusses some of the theoretical issues underlying the study of Chinese dialects, reviews the historical background within which the dialects were formed, and reviews some ongoing studies that appear promising for increasing understanding of how dialects are structured and how they are changing. (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Sridhar, Kamal K. – 1985
A careful study of second language varieties (SLVs) of English, which have not yet entered the mainstream of sociolinguistic research because of neglect and misunderstanding, shows that they are qualitatively different from the categories recognized in current sociolinguistic typology. SLVs provide some of the clearest evidence of sociocultural…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Language Classification, Language Research
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Richards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1979
Describes the processes by which distinctive varieties of English develop in areas where English functions as a second language. The distinctions between rhetorical and communicative norms for speech events in these varieties are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English, Language Styles
Kay, Paul – 1974
The purpose of this paper is to present systematically some facts regarding interdialectal constant and varying features of the semantics of English kinship terminology. The data present some problems for current views of grammar and of linguistic variation. Regarding the former, it is not clear what sort of "rule," what place in…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, English, Folk Culture, Language Research
Canale, Michael; And Others – 1977
This study examines the use of the auxiliaries "avoir" and "etre" and of the prefix "re-" in the speech of Franco-Ontarian students. It is found that the tendency to use non-standard constructions such as "j'ai arrive en retard" and "je vais remettre la roue 'back'" has its origins in historical…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, French, Language Research
Bailey, Charles-James N. – 1973
This volume presents principles and models for describing language variation, and introduces a time-based, dynamic framework for linguistic description. The book first summarizes some of the problems of grammatical description encountered from Saussure through the present and then outlines possibilities for new descriptions of language which take…
Descriptors: Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies
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Joseph, Brian D.; Wallace, Rex E. – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Social implications of phonological and morphological variation in Classical Latin is examined. Arguments for the social factor are instances of hypercorrection, private and domestic instances of certain datives and Augustus' use of rural "domos" for "domus." It is understood in terms of the model of urbanization. (35…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Research
Laird, Charlton; And Others – Baltimore Bulletin of Education, A Journal of the Public Schools, 1967
This bulletin reports on condensations of tape-recorded lectures and discussions from a workshop which trained a nucleus of Baltimore City Public School personnel in new approaches to the study of the English language. Designed to serve as an orientation, it is made up of six major sections: (1) Charlton Laird discusses the history, nature, and…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Arts, Language Usage
Petersen, P. W. – 1978
The dangers and misuses of literary dialect as a source of information for linguistic evaluation are analyzed. "Literary dialect" is used to refer to writing in which the main purpose is the artful construction of a narrative, where the dialect representation is apt to be concerned more with giving an artful impression of a dialect than…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Literature, Creoles, Dialect Studies
Abrahams, Roger D. – 1976
This book contains essays which focus on the systems of communication that operate within and between various social segments of Afro-American communities in the United States. The essays are presented under the following headings: (1) "Getting Into It: Black Talk, Black Life and the Academic," (2) "'Talking My Talk': Black Talk Varieties and…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Blacks, Communication (Thought Transfer), Descriptive Linguistics
Bousquet, Robert J. – 1978
Many black students speak a nonprestige dialect called black English, which places them at a disadvantage academically and socially. This monograph describes the features of black English, defines its use, discusses several theories of its origin, and offers some methods for teaching black students standard spoken usage as another style of speech.…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
Ashby, William J. – 1977
In the French verb phrase, negation is often marked twice, by a proclitic element (ne) and by a second negative (such as "pas" or "rien"). Until the seventeenth century, the first element was obligatory, while a second negative was optionally added for emphasis or precision. Subsequently, the second negatives lost their…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, French, Language Research
Freedle, Roy O., Ed. – 1977
An understanding of the structure and function of discourse in social communication and in its internal representation to the individuals is sought in this multidisciplinary collection of papers. The approaches are divided into theoretical orientations and empirical orientations. The theoretical papers deal with: (1) comprehension in conversation,…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Dialect Studies, Discourse Analysis
Barker, Linda – 1976
This paper reports an investigation into the transitional dialect spoken by learners in the process of learning a second language. Theories concerning the psychology of second language learning which have been hypothesized by a small number of people in the field are discussed. These theories were first reported on from Scotland and England and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Interlanguage
Perkins, John – 1977
Evidence exists that, in the past, phonetic variants functioned as sociolinguistic variables, just as they do today, at least in societies with comparable stratificational patterns. This paper presents the significant details of the sociolinguistic environment within which the beginnings of the Great English Vowel Shift were embedded. An attempt…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), English
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