Writing in Nonstandard English
This book investigates linguistic variation as a complex continuum of language use from standard to nonstandard. In our view, these notions can only be established through mutual definition, and they cannot exist without the opposite pole. What is considered standard English changes according to the approach at hand, and the nonstandard changes accordingly. This book offers an interdisciplinary and multifaceted approach to this central theme of wide interest.
The articles approach writing in nonstandard language through various disciplines and methodologies: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, corpus linguistics, and ideological and political points of view. The theories and methods from these fields are applied to material that ranges from nonliterary writing to canonized authors. Dialects, regional varieties and worldwide Englishes are also addressed.
The articles approach writing in nonstandard language through various disciplines and methodologies: sociolinguistics, pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialectology, corpus linguistics, and ideological and political points of view. The theories and methods from these fields are applied to material that ranges from nonliterary writing to canonized authors. Dialects, regional varieties and worldwide Englishes are also addressed.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 67] 2000. viii, 404 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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PrefaceIrma Taavitsainen and Gunnel Melchers | p. vii
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Writing in Nonstandard English: IntroductionPatricia Poussa | p. 1
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Dickens as Sociolinguist: Dialect in David CopperfieldJohn M. Kirk | p. 27
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Contemporary Irish Writing and a Model of Speech RealismMarion Fields | p. 45
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Dialect and Accent in Jim Cartwright’s Play Road as Seen through Erving Goffman’s Theory on FootingThomas Lavelle | p. 63
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The Representation of Nonstandard Syntax in John Dos Passos’ USA TrilogyLaura Wright | p. 75
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Doing the Unexpected: Syntax and Style in Raymond Chandler’s FictionBo Pettersson | p. 87
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Who Is “Sivilizing” Who(m)? The Function of Naivety and the Criticism of Huckleberry Finn — A Multidimensional ApproachNorman F. Blake | p. 101
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Nonstandard Language in Early Varieties of EnglishIrma Taavitsainen and Saara Nevanlinna | p. 123
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“Pills to Purge Melancholy” — Nonstandard Elements in A Dialogue Against the Feuer PestilenceJonathan Culpeper and Merja Kytö | p. 151
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Investigating Nonstandard Language in a Corpus of Early Modern English Dialogues: Methodological Considerations and ProblemsMatti Rissanen | p. 171
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Language of Law and the Development of Standard EnglishPäivi Koivisto-Alanko | p. 189
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Cognitive Loanwords in Chaucer: Is Suprastandard Nonstandard?Arja Nurmi | p. 205
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Auxiliary Do in Fifteenth-Century English: Dialectal Variation and Formulaic UseMinna Palander-Collin | p. 225
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I Think, Methinks: Register Variation, Stratification, Education and Nonstandard LanguageLarisa Oldireva | p. 243
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Catched or Caught: Towards the Standard Usage of Irregular VerbsDavid Minugh | p. 263
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What Aileth Thee, to Print So Curiously? Archaic Forms and Contemporary Newspaper LanguageAnneli Meurman-Solin | p. 285
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Letters as a Source of Data for Reconstructing Early Spoken ScotsPeter Trudgill | p. 305
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Dedialectalisation and Norfolk Dialect OrthographyGunnel Melchers | p. 323
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Writing in Shetland DialectKate Moore | p. 331
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Linguistic Airbrushing in Oral HistoryGerald Porter | p. 347
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The Ideology of Misrepresentation: Scots in English BroadsidesLoreto Todd | p. 361
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The Medium for the Message | p. 375
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Name Index | p. 393
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Subject Index | p. 397
“This book deserves a wide readership by both linguists and literary scholars, both for the detailed insights which it provides and for the general theoretical principles with which almost all the essays engage.”
Jeremy J. Smith, University of Glasgow
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