Coherence of Linguistic Communities

Name: Coherence of Linguistic Communities
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Coherence of Linguistic CommunitiesOrderly Heterogeneity and Social Meaning\nAuthor(s): Karen V. Beaman, Gregory R. Guy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367681821, 978-0367681821\nSynopsis\nThis innovative collection brings together a range of perspectives on the notions of \""orderly heterogeneity\"" and \""social meaning\"", shedding light on how structured variation and indexicalities of social meaning \""cohere\"" within linguistic communities. This book fills a gap in research on language variation by critically considering the position articulated by Weinrich, Labov, and Herzog in 1968 that linguistic diversity is systematically organized in ways that reflect and construct social order.\n\nThe volume investigates such key themes as\n\ncovariation and co-occurrence restrictions;\nindexicality, perception and social meaning;\ncoherence and language change;\nand the structure and measurement of coherence at diff.