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Publication details [#25255]

Preston, Dennis R. 1989. Perceptual dialectology: Nonlinguists' views of areal linguistics. (Topics in Sociolinguistics 7). Foris. xviii + 142 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | dialect1 | dialectology | language use | linguistics

Annotation

This book explores how the American nonlinguistic community characterizes dialects, dealing with notions of sameness versus difference, and desirability and prestige of dialects and regions.

Reviewed by

Butters, Ronald R. 1991. Review of D.R.Preston (1989: `Perceptual dialectology: Nonlinguists' views of areal linguistics').