Pragmatics of Accents

HardboundAvailable
ISBN 9789027209887 | EUR 95.00 | USD 143.00
 
e-Book
ISBN 9789027258861 | EUR 95.00 | USD 143.00
 
Google Play logo
What impact do accents have on our lives as we interact with one another? Are accents more than simple sets of phonetic features that allow us to differentiate from one dialect, variety or style, to the other? What power relationships are at work when we speak with what those around us perceive as an 'accent'? In the 12 chapters of this volume, an international group of sociolinguists, applied linguists, anthropologists, and scholars in media studies, develop an innovative approach that we describe as the ‘pragmatics of accents’. In this volume, we present a variety of languages and go beyond the traditional structural description of accents. From ideologies in national contexts, to L2 education, to accent discrimination in the media and the workplace, this volume embraces a new perspective that focuses on the use of accents as symbolic resources, and emphasizes the importance of context in the human experience of accents.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 327] 2021.  vii, 266 pp.
Publishing status:
Table of Contents
“This volume presents a strong collection of studies in pragmatics that should be of interest to scholars not just in linguistics but also across other disciplines, particularly language education, second language acquisition, and anthropology. At its core and through this interdisciplinary lens, this collection successfully interrogates the theoretical status of the notion of accent. [...] “Pragmatics of Accents” effectively pushes us to consider the study of accents in deeper and more complex ways, illustrating how the linguistic and interactional dynamics in the production, perception, and interpretation of accents must be approached through a pragmatic lens, as well as how this approach serves as a link to an array of interrelated fields. Because of the wealth and range of data and perspectives that it draws upon to conceptualize the theoretical notion of accent, articles from the book would serve well as core readings in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course concerned with the close connections between language variation, context, and the nature and impact of language ideologies.”
“This volume provides a variety of national and ethnic contexts (e.g. Swiss-French, Turkish-German, Korean-American) and an extensive range of micro-interactions and analyses thereof. From numerical scales (e.g. chapter 10), to discourse and conversation (e.g. chapter 9), the meaning of accent is as varied as the contexts in which it appears and the methodologies which are used to analyse it, emphasising, thus, the “pragmatics of accents”. This book is well-suited for a wide range of audiences from various fields, including pragmatics.”
“The chapters herein demonstrate new ways of conceiving of and studying accent, suggesting promising new pathways for future research.”
“I found this a very rewarding collection. [...] The reader is rewarded throughout with fascinating insights, whether mentioned in passing, such as evidence that even ‘strong’ L2 accents often have no impact on unintelligibility and comprehensibility (Levis & McCrocklin), or as the main conclusion of a series of studies, such as Trimaille and Candea’s conclusion that accent perception is shaped not just by acoustic features, but by visual cues of identity (clothing, gestures etc.), vocabulary choice and other assumptions. Strongly recommended.”
Cited by (5)

Cited by five other publications

Kühne, Katharina, Erika Herbold, Oliver Bendel, Yuefang Zhou & Martin H. Fischer
2024. “Ick bin een Berlina”: dialect proficiency impacts a robot’s trustworthiness and competence evaluation. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 10 DOI logo
Fuse, Akiko, Krysteena Alloggio & Seung-Yun Yang
2023. Listener Factors Related to the Perception of Accented Speech. Communication Disorders Quarterly DOI logo
Giles, Howie
2022. Recent New Book Alerts, 2020-2022. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 41:2  pp. 232 ff. DOI logo
Rittaud-Hutinet, Chantal, F. Neveu, S. Prévost, A. Steuckardt, G. Bergounioux & B. Hamma
2022. Articulations, ajustages : intonation expressive et système phonologique. SHS Web of Conferences 138  pp. 08001 ff. DOI logo
Yu, Betty, Vishnu KK Nair, Maria Rosa Brea, Xigrid Soto-Boykin, Chelsea Privette, Lei Sun, Reem Khamis, Hsinhuei Sheen Chiou, Leah Fabiano-Smith, Laura Epstein & Yvette D. Hyter
2022. Gaps in Framing and Naming: Commentary to “A Viewpoint on Accent Services”. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 31:4  pp. 1913 ff. DOI logo

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 3 july 2024. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics
ONIX Metadata
ONIX 2.1
ONIX 3.0
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number:  2021032622 | Marc record