Suzanne Romaine

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Socio-Historical Linguistics: Its Status and MethodologyHardcover, 30 April 1982

Socio-Historical Linguistics: Its Status and Methodology
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Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Hardcover)
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Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Print Length
326 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
30 Apr 1982
ISBN-10
0521237505
ISBN-13
9780521237505

Description

Synchronic sociolinguistics has been particularly convincing in its use of quantitative models to demonstrates how 'the present might explain the past'. However, the relevance of sociolinguistics to historical linguistics 'using the past to explain the present', has been largely ignored. In this volume Dr Romaine lays the foundation for a field of research encompassing both historical linguistics and sociolinguistics, which aims to investigate and account for language variation within a particular speech community over time. The socio-historical approach is illustrated here by a detailed analysis of the development of relative clause formation strategies in Middle Scots. This case study raises fundamental questions about the epistemological status of sociolinguistic theory and in particular its claims to an empirical foundation. Her own preliminary suggestions for a truly integrative sociolinguistic theory will be of interest to sociolinguists, historical linguists and general linguists.

Product Details

Author:
Suzanne Romaine
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
30 April 1982
ISBN-10:
0521237505
ISBN-13:
9780521237505
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
326

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