Standards and Variation in Urban Speech: Examples from Lowland Scots
Author:   Ronald K.S. Macaulay (Pitzer College, Claremont, California)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   G20
ISBN:  

9789027248787


Pages:   211
Publication Date:   10 July 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Standards and Variation in Urban Speech: Examples from Lowland Scots


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Exploring variations in spoken English around the world, this volume looks particularly at variation in urban speech within communities of the lowlands of Scotland.

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Author:   Ronald K.S. Macaulay (Pitzer College, Claremont, California)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   G20
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9789027248787


ISBN 10:   9027248788
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   10 July 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. The rise and fall of the vernacular; 4. Double standards; 5. RP R.I.P; 6. Determining linguistic insecurity; 7. The sociolinguistic significance of dialect humour; 8. Urbanity in an urban dialect; 9. Social class differences; 10. Consistency and variation; 11. The adverbs of authority; 12. Remarkably common eloquence: the aesthetics of urban dialect; 13. Conclusion; 14. References; 15. Index

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Macaulay has assembled an interesting collection of chapters that represent his long term commitment to delineating the varieties in the Lowland Scots speech community. Additionally, he has worked to apply this information to illuminate the larger issues of standards and variation in the global community. -- Jan Bernsten, University of Michigan - Flint in Studies in Second Language Acquisition 22


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