Dennis R. Preston

List of John Benjamins publications for which Dennis R. Preston plays a role.

Titles

Variation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives

Edited by Robert Bayley, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li

[Studies in Language Variation, 28] 2022. xx, 365 pp.
Subjects Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

Responses to Language Varieties: Variability, processes and outcomes

Edited by Alexei Prikhodkine and Dennis R. Preston

Subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages

Edited by James N. Stanford and Dennis R. Preston

Subjects Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 2

Edited by Daniel Long and Dennis R. Preston

[Not in series, HPD 2] 2002. xxvi, 412 pp.
Subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1

Edited by Dennis R. Preston

[Not in series, HPD 1] 1999. xl, 413 pp.
Subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Edited by Robert Bayley and Dennis R. Preston

[Studies in Bilingualism, 10] 1996. xix, 317 pp.
Subjects Language acquisition | Multilingualism
Subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Niedzielski, Nancy and Dennis R. Preston 2022 Folk pragmaticsHandbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 563–571 | Chapter
Preston, Dennis R., Robert Bayley and Chelsea Escalante 2022 Chapter 1. Variation and second language acquisition: Recent developments and future directionsVariation in Second and Heritage Languages: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bayley, Robert, Dennis R. Preston and Xiaoshi Li (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter
In addition to introducing the main themes of this volume, the chapter provides a brief overview of recent developments in variationist studies of second language acquisition (SLA), including work on perception. We suggest that the type of work included in this volume, which focuses on a range… read more
Preston, Dennis R. 2015 Does language regard vary?Responses to Language Varieties: Variability, processes and outcomes, Prikhodkine, Alexei and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 1–36 | Article
This paper outlines a cognitive map for variation in language attitudes, metalinguistic beliefs about language, and language ideological frameworks — grouped together as “language regard.” After establishing input, processing, and response models, it goes on to examine experimental findings that… read more
Prikhodkine, Alexei and Dennis R. Preston 2015 IntroductionResponses to Language Varieties: Variability, processes and outcomes, Prikhodkine, Alexei and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. vii–xiv | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 2011 Methods in (applied) folk linguistics: Getting into the minds of the folkApplied Folk Linguistics, Wilton, Antje and Martin Stegu (eds.), pp. 15–39 | Article
This paper deals with data gathering and interpretation in folk linguistics, but, as the parenthetical title suggests, it is not limited to any prejudged notion of what approaches or techniques might be most relevant to the wide variety of concerns encompassed by applied linguistics. read more
Niedzielski, Nancy and Dennis R. Preston 2009 Folk PragmaticsCulture and Language Use, Senft, Gunter, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 146–155 | Article
Stanford, James N. and Dennis R. Preston 2009 The lure of a distant horizon: Variation in indigenous minority languagesVariation in Indigenous Minority Languages, Stanford, James N. and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
Niedzielski, Nancy and Dennis R. Preston 2007 Folk PragmaticsHandbook of Pragmatics: 2007 Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Article
Evans, Betsy E., Jamila Jones, Norikazu Ito and Dennis R. Preston 2006 10. How to get to be one kind of Midwesterner: Accommodation to the Northern Cities Chain ShiftLanguage Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at ‘Heartland’ English, Murray, Thomas E. and Beth Lee Simon (eds.), pp. 179–197 | Chapter
Preston, Dennis R. 2005 Dialects across internal frontiers: Some cognitive boundariesDialects Across Borders: Selected papers from the 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (Methods XI), Joensuu, August 2002, Filppula, Markku, Juhani Klemola, Marjatta Palander and Esa Penttilä (eds.), pp. 121–155 | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 2003 Systemic accomodationSocial Dialectology: In honour of Peter Trudgill, Britain, David and Jenny Cheshire (eds.), pp. 39–58 | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 1999 IntroductionHandbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1, Preston, Dennis R. (ed.), pp. xxiii–xl | Miscellaneous
Preston, Dennis R. 1999 A Language Attitude Approach to the Perception of Regional VarietyHandbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1, Preston, Dennis R. (ed.), pp. 359–373 | Article
Rensink, W.G. 1999 Informant Classification of DialectsHandbook of Perceptual Dialectology: Volume 1, Preston, Dennis R. (ed.), pp. 3–7 | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 1996 Variationist Perspectives on Second Language AcquisitionSecond Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. 1 ff. | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 1996 Where the worst English is spokenFocus on the USA, Schneider, Edgar W. (ed.), pp. 297 ff. | Article
Preston, Dennis R. and Robert Bayley 1996 PrefaceSecond Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation, Bayley, Robert and Dennis R. Preston (eds.), pp. xiii ff. | Miscellaneous
Preston, Dennis R. 1993 PrefaceAmerican Dialect Research: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the American Dialect Society, 1889–1989, Preston, Dennis R. (ed.), pp. 1 ff. | Miscellaneous
Preston, Dennis R. 1991 Style, Status, Change: Three Sociolinguistic AxiomsDevelopment and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton, Byrne, Francis and Thom Huebner (eds.), pp. 43 ff. | Article
Preston, Dennis R. 1981 Deeper and deeper contrastive analysisTheoretical Issues in Contrastive Linguistics, Fisiak, Jacek (ed.), pp. 201 ff. | Article