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Published 1997.
Standards and Variation in Urban Speech is an examination and exploration of the aims and methods of sociolinguistic investigation, based on studies of Scottish urban speech. It critically examines the implications of the notions ...
Published 1997.
Standards and Variation in Urban Speech is an examination and exploration of the aims and methods of sociolinguistic investigation, based on studies of Scottish urban speech. It critically examines the implications of the notions vernacular, standard language, Received Pronunciation, social class, and linguistic insecurity. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using examples from comedians jokes, dialect poetry, formal and informal interviews, and personal narratives, the work illustrates the actual norms that speakers exemplify in various ways.
