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Item Details
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FOLK LINGUISTICS
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| By: |
Nancy A. Niedzielski, Dennis Richard Preston |
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Hardback |
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£182.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3110162512 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783110162516 |
| Publisher: |
WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2000 |
| Pages: |
395 |
| Description: |
This text provides an overview and analysis of what nonlinguists believe about language across a wide range of topics. It provides rationale for the importance of such study, not only in its own ethnographic right, but also in its importance to general and applied linguistics. |
| Synopsis: |
"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 |
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Num. figs. |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
Mouton de Gruyter |
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Non-returnable |
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