Dynamics of Language Changes : Looking Within and Across Languages /: Looking Within and Across Languages. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Allan, editor.
• Editors: Allan, Keith, 1943-
• Contents: Intro -- Dedication -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- Part ILanguage Changes: Looking Within a Language -- 1 Different Sources, Same Path-From Addressee-Based Deictics to Markers of Discourse Status -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Directionals as Source -- 1.2.1 Anaphoric wa -- 1.2.2 Clause-Combining wa -- 1.3 Demonstratives as Source -- 1.3.1 Clause-Final Demonstratives -- 1.3.2 Topic Marker meta -- 1.3.3 Clause-Combining meta -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- 2 The Punctual Never in Australian English: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Vernacular Universal 2.1 Introduction and Background -- 2.2 Corpus Data -- 2.2.1 The UWA Corpus of English in Australia -- 2.2.2 Corpus Results and Discussion -- 2.3 Survey Data -- 2.3.1 Survey Participants and Procedures -- 2.3.2 Survey Results -- 2.4 Never Better: Conclusion -- References -- 3 Standardise This! Prescriptivism and Resistance to Standardization in Language Revitalization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Language Revitalization as Political -- 3.3 Prescriptivism -- 3.3.1 Prescriptive Linguists -- 3.3.2 Prescriptive Practitioners -- 3.4 Challenges to Standardization in Language Revitalization 3.4.1 Legitimate Sources of Language -- 3.4.2 Nonstandardized Practices -- 3.5 Issues and Possible Directions -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Here's Looking at youse: Understanding the Place of yous(e) in Australian English -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Insights via Literary or Scripted Dialogue -- 4.4 Data and Method -- 4.5 Singular and Plural -- 4.6 Social Evaluation Through Characters -- 4.7 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Language Literally Changes: Usage Guides and Their Influence on Language Attitudes -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Background -- 5.3 Methods 5.4 Arguments Against Literally in Usage Guides -- 5.5 Arguments Against Literally on Reddit -- 5.5.1 Arguments Against Emphatic Literally -- 5.5.2 Arguments for Emphatic Literally -- 5.6 Conclusion -- Appendix: Usage Guides from 1918-2010 -- References -- 6 Closing Salutations in Email Messages: User Attitudes and Interpersonal Effects -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methodology -- 6.2.1 Data Collection -- 6.2.2 Categorisation -- 6.3 Results -- 6.3.1 Range of Salutations -- 6.3.2 Age and Gender -- 6.3.3 Use of Signatures -- 6.3.4 Work-Related and Non-work-Related Usage -- 6.3.5 Actual Usage 6.3.6 Attitudes to Use of Salutations -- 6.4 Discussion -- Appendix 6.1-Survey -- References -- 7 What Do You Think This Is, Bush Week? Construction Grammar and Language Change in Australia -- 7.1 Construction Grammar and Language Change -- 7.2 Australian Vocabulary, Idioms, and Hypocoristics -- 7.3 Australia as the 'Sandbox of Linguistic Change' -- References -- 8 On Cups -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Lexicographic Descriptions of Cups -- 8.2.1 Labov -- 8.2.2 Katz -- 8.2.3 OED -- 8.2.4 Goddard -- 8.3 A New(ish) Proposal -- 8.4 Conclusions -- References Part IILanguage Changes: Looking Across Languages
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (289 pages)
• Subjects: 417/.7; Linguistic change; Sociolinguistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811564307; 9811564302
• Related ISBNs: 9811564299; 9789811564291
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2020).
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