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The Sociolinguistics of Urbanization
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 301

The Sociolinguistics of Urbanization

The Sociolinguistics of Urbanization.

On the Border of Language and Dialect
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 263

On the Border of Language and Dialect

This volume considers the linguistic borders between languages and dia­lects, as well as the administrative, cultural and mental borders that reflect or affect linguistic ones; it comprises eight articles examining the mental borders between dialects, dialect continua and areas of mixed dialect, language ideologies, language mixing and contact-induced language change. The book opens with Dennis R. Preston’s review article on per­ceptual dialectology, showing how this field of study provides insights on laymen’s perceptions about dialect boundaries, and how such perceptions explain regional and social variation. Johanna Laakso problematizes the common notion of languages as having clear...

Urban Contact Dialects and Language Change
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

Urban Contact Dialects and Language Change

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-03-30
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This volume provides a systematic comparative treatment of urban contact dialects in the Global North and South, examining the emergence and development of these dialects in major cities in sub-Saharan Africa and North-Western Europe. The book’s focus on contemporary urban settings sheds light on the new language practices and mixed ways of speaking resulting from large-scale migration and the intense contact that occurs between new and existing languages and dialects in these contexts. In comparing these new patterns of language variation and change between cities in both Africa and Europe, the volume affords us a unique opportunity to examine commonalities in linguistic phenomena as well...

Language Change
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

Language Change

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Papers from the Twelfth Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics, Reykjavík, June 14-16, 1990
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 488
Nyt mä bonjaan
  • Language: fi
  • Pages: 552

Nyt mä bonjaan

Gimma, brenkku ja dorga ovat useimmille tuttuja sanoja, mutta oletko koskaan miettinyt, kuinka paljon Stadin slangissa on sanoja tytöstä, tyhmästä tai alkoholista? Ehkä et, mutta vastaus löytyy tästä sanakirjasta. Muita suosittuja aihepiirejä ovat mm. poliisi ja maalainen. Tämä sanakirja perustuu Heikki ja Marjatta Paunosen Stadin slangin suursanakirjaan Tsennaaks Stadii, bonjaaks slangii (2000), josta he saivat vuonna 2001 Tieto-Finlandia-palkinnon. Hakusanoina ovat yleiskielen sanat, kuten tyttö ja tyhmä. Joka sanan kohdalla on mainittu kaikki siitä Stadin slangissa käytetyt vastineet käyttöaikoineen. Hakusanoja on yhteensä yli 11 000. Slangi ei ole koskaan ollut sosiaali...

Helsinki
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 468

Helsinki

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Helsinki is both small and large, young and old. Although founded as long ago as 1550, it did not begin its urban development until the 18th century, and burst into life as a city only after it was proclaimed capital of Finland in 1912. Helsinki: A Literary Companion charts the history and life of the world's most northerly metropolis -- a vibrant maritime city whose story, like its architecture, has always been far grander than its size suggests. The writings selected for this book range from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. Richly illustrated with archive material from Helsinki City Museum, Helsinki: A Literary Companion is the first anthology of Helsinki literature to be published in English. It includes fiction, memoirs, poetry, letters and travel writing -- translated from Finnish, Swedish, German, French and Russian, and original texts in English.

Language History and Linguistic Modelling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2184

Language History and Linguistic Modelling

This work presents a collection of some 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguistics alike. A major theme is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory in various papers. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively with papers on controversial aspects of a variety of studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.

Language Attitudes and Social Identity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 302

Language Attitudes and Social Identity

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 357

The Political Life of Urban Streetscapes

Streetscapes are part of the taken-for-granted spaces of everyday urban life, yet they are also contested arenas in which struggles over identity, memory, and place shape the social production of urban space. This book examines the role that street naming has played in the political life of urban streetscapes in both historical and contemporary cities. The renaming of streets and remaking of urban commemorative landscapes have long been key strategies that different political regimes have employed to legitimize spatial assertions of sovereign authority, ideological hegemony, and symbolic power. Over the past few decades, a rich body of critical scholarship has explored the politics of urban ...