Accent variation in Indian English: a folk linguistic study
This is the first major sociolinguistic work on Indian diasporic communities in Germany. The study shows that metalanguage allows to understand what sociolinguistic stereotypes are at stake in diasporic communities and what criteria are made use of in such discriminations.
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| Format: | Book/Monograph Thesis |
| Language: | German |
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Frankfurt a.M.
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
2021
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| Series: | VarioLingua
v.53 |
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VarioLingua (v.53)
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6821660
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| Author Notes: | Giuliana Regnoli |
| Summary: | This is the first major sociolinguistic work on Indian diasporic communities in Germany. The study shows that metalanguage allows to understand what sociolinguistic stereotypes are at stake in diasporic communities and what criteria are made use of in such discriminations. Cover -- Series Information -- Copyright Information -- Table of contents -- Map of India -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Transcription Conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Foundations: A State of the Art -- 2.1 Language in Society: Principles of Sociolinguistic Theory -- 2.2 Speech Community -- 2.2.1 Early Definitions of the Speech Community -- 2.2.2 Practicing Speech Communities -- 2.2.3 Transient Multilingual Speech Communities -- 2.3 Folk Linguistics and Perceptual Dialectology -- 2.3.1 Historical Background and Earlier Studies -- 2.3.2 Metalanguage -- 2.4 Language Attitudes: Attitudes and Identity -- 2.5 English in the Indian Diaspora -- 2.5.1 Phonetics and Phonology -- 2.5.2 Lexicon and Syntax -- 2.6 The Structure of L2 English Accents: Definitions, Norms and the 'Neutral' Accent -- 2.7 Indian Accents of English -- 3 Research Area -- 3.1 History -- 3.1.1 Indian Communities in Germany -- 3.1.2 Indian Communities in Heidelberg -- 3.2 Social Situation -- 3.2.1 Demographic Characteristics -- 3.2.2 Socioeconomic Profile -- 3.2.3 Religious Centres and Cultural Associations -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Research Design -- 4.1.1 Quantitative and Qualitative Formulae -- 4.1.2 Sampling Methods -- 4.1.3 Testing Aims -- 4.2 Oral and Written Questionnaires -- 4.2.1 Survey I: Language Background and Language Use -- 4.2.2 Survey II, Section I: Accent and identity -- 4.2.3 Cognitive Maps -- 4.2.4 Survey II, Section II: The Accent Recognition Test -- 4.2.5 The Sociolinguistic Interview -- 4.2.6 The Reading Passage -- 4.3 Data Collection -- 4.4 Data Preparation -- 4.4.1 Numerical Data: Statistical Testing -- 4.4.1.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 4.4.1.2 Inferential Statistics -- 4.4.1.3 Correlation -- 4.4.1.4 Multivariate Statistics -- 4.4.2 Qualitative Data: Bottom-up vs. Top-down Approaches. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9783631864142 |