Sociolinguistic Variation in Seventeenth-Century France : Methodology and Case Studies PDF
by Wendy Ayres-Bennett
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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.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:14/10/2004
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- ISBN:9780511227165
