American dialect research: celebrating the 100th anniversary of the american dialect society, 1889-1989

Auteur :
Preston, Dennis Richard
ISBN :
9789027221322
Date de publication :
1 avr. 1993
Dimensions :
24,5 x 16,4 cm
Poids :
800 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Bonaire, Saba
Shows how questions are formulated and how data is collected, stored and interpreted in the various traditions of research of the American Dialect Society (ADS). Designed as a ""how-to"" text for scholars, it looks at current approaches to the general problems of language distribution and variation.