10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEECH COMMUNITY»
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speech community in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
speech community and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
For Hymes, the concept of 'speech community' is a difficult one to grasp in its
entirety, for it depends on how one defines 'groups' in society. He also
distinguishes (pp. 50–1) between participating in a speech community and being
a fully ...
2
Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader
One of the more persistent challenges in creole language studies and
sociolinguistics in general is to determine the extent and ways in which
information or linguistic facts gathered from a particular speech community can,
in some way, benefit ...
The term SPEECH COMMUNITY is widely used by sociolinguists to refer to a
community based on language, but LINGUISTIC COMMUNITY is also used with
the same meaning. If speech communities can be delimited, then they can be ...
4
Creole Discourse: Exploring Prestige Formation and Change ...
4.1.1 The question of speech community When looking at CELC languages
beyond their national borderlines, we may well have to search for other
cornerstones which serve to delimit their reach. Does an (assumed) global
connectedness ...
5
Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters
A speech community exists when people share norms about how to use talk and
what purposes it serves (Labov, 1972). From Chapter 3, recall our discussion of
social locations. Speech communities arise out of social locations—that is, ...
6
Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching
A conglomeration of individuals who share these same norms about
communication is referred to as a speech community. A speech community is
defined as a community sharing a knowledge of the rules for the conduct and
interpretation of ...
Sandra Lee McKay, Nancy H. Hornberger, 1996
7
Sociolinguistic Patterns
The limits of the spread of the sound change were the limits of the speech
community, defined as a group with a common set of normative values in regard
to language. 6. As the sound change with its associated values reached the limits
of its ...
CHAPTER 3 SPEECH-COMMUNITIES 3. 1. A speech-community is a group of
people who interact by means of speech (§ 2. 5). All the so-called higher
activities of man — our specifically human activities — spring from the close
adjustment ...
9
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Society and Identity
competent members of a speech community know and are able to do with
language is conducting an Ethnography of Communication. Such ethnographic
work not only results in an understanding that is contextual and specific to the
speech ...
Sharon K. Deckert, Caroline H. Vickers, 2011
10
Kontaktlinguistik/Contact Linguistics/Linguistique de ...
It is important to remember that speech community systems are not always fixed
and homogeneous. Linguistic and/or social norms may be found oscillating
between old and new norms (Romaine 1982, 16). This may happen when ...
Hans Goebl, Peter H. Nelde, Zdenek Stary, 1996
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEECH COMMUNITY»
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speech community is used in the context of the following news items.
WIEDEMAN: Skutt Catholic petition is a misdirected effort
For example: Last year, Michael Barth, a member of the speech community, was excluded from an honor that's given to state champions because his speech ... «Daily Nebraskan, Apr 15»
