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Author: James N. Stanford (Associate Professor of Linguistics, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Dartmouth College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9780190625658
ISBN 10: 0190625651
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 December 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Jim Stanford and his Dartmouth team have put New England in the spotlight for studies of language change and variation. This book provides a stunning array of new field methods and techniques of data analysis. It should be required reading for students of language and society for years to come. -- William Labov, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania James Stanford provides an extensive account of dialect variation in New England, a region that is critical historically to the understanding of American English. Technological advances since the time of Kurath's foundational work enabled Stanford to collect and statistically analyze data in ways that were previously unknown. The result is a comprehensive, readable, and important book for dialectologists of English. -- Julie Roberts, Executive Director, American Dialect Society, and Professor of Linguistics, University of Vermont This book is a significant and admirable achievement in American English dialectology: undoubtedly the most important study of New England English since Kurath's Linguistic Atlas of New England in the 1930s. It will appeal to a broad audience, from expert dialectologists, through college students in linguistics classes, to language-loving amateurs among the general public. -- Charles Boberg, Associate Professor of Linguistics, McGill University This book tells us everything we could want to know about New England English -- past, present and future -- and it has important theoretical impact. The clear presentation of methods are great training materials to follow his tantalizing suggestions for future study. It is a fine model of the work that can be accomplished through the integration of undergraduate teaching and research, providing new evidence that this regional dialect remains vibrant. -- Naomi Nagy, Professor of Linguistics, University of Toronto
This book tells us everything we could want to know about New England English - past, present and future - and it has important theoretical impact. The clear presentation of methods are great training materials to follow his tantalizing suggestions for future study. It is a fine model of the work that can be accomplished through the integration of undergraduate teaching and research, providing new evidence that this regional dialect remains vibrant. * Naomi Nagy, Professor of Linguistics, University of Toronto * This book is a significant and admirable achievement in American English dialectology: undoubtedly the most important study of New England English since Kurath's Linguistic Atlas of New England in the 1930s. It will appeal to a broad audience, from expert dialectologists, through college students in linguistics classes, to language-loving amateurs among the general public. * Charles Boberg, Associate Professor of Linguistics, McGill University * James Stanford provides an extensive account of dialect variation in New England, a region that is critical historically to the understanding of American English. Technological advances since the time of Kurath's foundational work enabled Stanford to collect and statistically analyze data in ways that were previously unknown. The result is a comprehensive, readable, and important book for dialectologists of English. * Julie Roberts, Executive Director, American Dialect Society, and Professor of Linguistics, University of Vermont * Jim Stanford and his Dartmouth team have put New England in the spotlight for studies of language change and variation. This book provides a stunning array of new field methods and techniques of data analysis. It should be required reading for students of language and society for years to come. * William Labov, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania *
Author Information
James N. Stanford is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Dartmouth College. He studies dialects and language variation using quantitative sociolinguistic methods and acoustic sociophonetics, and is co-editor of Language Regard: Methods, Variation and Change (2018) and Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages (2009).
