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As many visitors to Ocracoke will attest, the island's vibrant dialect is one of its most distinctive cultural features. In Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes present a fascinating account of the Ocracoke brogue. They trace its development, identify the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax that make it unique, and even provide a glossary and quiz to enhance the reader's knowledge of 'Ocracokisms.' In the process, they offer an intriguing look at the role language plays in a culture's efforts to define and maintain itself. But Hoi...

Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.

• A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
• Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate...

Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research projects in 'the field', including: - How to select and enter a community - How to design a research sample - What recording equipment to choose and how to operate it - How to collect, store and manage data - How to interact effectively with participants and communities - What ethical issues you should be aware of. Carefully designed to be of maximum practical use to students and researchers in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 2.5, Unicersidad del Pais Vasco (Unicersidad del Pais Vasco, Filologia alemana), Veranstaltung: Deutsche Literatur, Nachkriegsliteratur, 15 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Roman "Homo Faber" von Max Frisch aus dem Jahre 1957, als "Bericht" bezeichnet, reprasentiert in eben dieser Art und Weise die menschliche Existenz der materialistischen Wirtschaftswunderjahre. Es findet eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Moderne statt und der verschiedenen Aspekte, die diese...

Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research projects in 'the field', including: - How to select and enter a community - How to design a research sample - What recording equipment to choose and how to operate it - How to collect, store and manage data - How to interact effectively with participants and communities - What ethical issues you should be aware of. Carefully designed to be of maximum practical use to students and researchers in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 2,3, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg (Institut fur Neuere Deutsche Literatur), Veranstaltung: "Literatur der Jahrhundertwende," 35 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Tod ist ein unerklarbares Urphanomen, das nicht wirklich verstanden werden kann. Er bestimmt alles Leben entscheidend als begrenzender Faktor mit. In Perioden tief greifender geschichtlicher Umbruche, so auch dem fruhen 20. Jahrhundert, zeigt die Literatur heftige Auseinandersetzung mit dem Tod und dem...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Deutsch - Deutsch als Fremdsprache / Zweitsprache, Note: 1, Unicersidad del Pais Vasco (Unicersidad del Pais Vasco, Filologia alemana), Veranstaltung: Fremdspracherwerb, 22 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Psycholinguistische Studien zum Zweitspracherwerb behandelten bis jetzt hauptsachlich den Vokabelerwerb, verschiedene Lernbedingungen und welche Faktoren die Lerneffektivitat beeinflussen. Die Frage, wie L2- Wortinformationen im mentalen Lexikon gespeichert werden, wurde jedoch weitestgehend ignoriert. Deshalb...

The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.

• Now accompanied by a companion website with an extensive array of sound files, video clips, and other online materials to enhance and illustrate discussions in the text
• Features brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics, such as Levels of Dialect, Regional Varieties of English, Gender and Language Variation, The Application of Dialect Study, and Dialect Awareness: Extending Application,...