Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France: Methodology and Case Studies

di Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2010

This book provides a systematic study of sociolinguistic variation in seventeenth-century France. Drawing on a range of case studies, Wendy Ayres-Bennett makes available data about linguistic variation in this period, showing the wealth and variety of language usage at a time that is considered to be the most 'standardising' in the history of French. Variation is analysed in terms of the speaker's 'pre-verbal constitution' - such as gender, age and socio-economic status - or by the medium, register or genre used. As well as examining linguistic variation itself, the book also considers the fundamental methodological issues that are central to all socio-historical linguistic accounts and, more importantly, addresses the question of what the appropriate sources are for linguists taking a socio-historical approach. In each chapter, the case studies present a range of phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues, which pose different methodological questions for sociolinguists and historical linguists alike.

• Autore: Wendy Ayres-Bennett
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 2010
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 280 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 420 gr.
• EAN: 9780521129039

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