Salience in Sociolinguistics
Download or Read eBook Salience in Sociolinguistics PDF written by Péter Rácz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Péter Rácz |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2013-10-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110305395 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110305399 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Salience in Sociolinguistics by : Péter Rácz
Book excerpt: This work proposes a definition of the notion of salience in sociolinguistics. Salient linguistic variants are those that are easily picked up by the listeners, and these stand in opposition to `invisible' variants, which are, even if they also show complex social stratification, completely ignored. Taking a quantitative angle, this work sees salience as a function of relative frequency differences, giving it an empirically testable operationalisation.
