Reconstructing non-standard languages a socially-anchored approach / Lenore A. Grenoble, Jessica Kantarovich, University of Chicago.

Author/creator Grenoble, Lenore A.
Other author Kantarovich, Jessica.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]
Descriptionxiii, 354 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesImpact: studies in language, culture and society, 1385-7908 ; volume 52
Abstract "Focusing on language contact involving Russian, and the linguistic varieties that emerged from that contact in different social settings, this book analyzes issues and methodologies in reconstructing both the linguistic effects of language contact and the social contexts of usage. In-depth analyses of Odessan Russian, a southern Russian contact variety with Yiddish and Ukrainian elements, and Russian lexifier pidgins illustrate the reconstruction process, which involves making the most of all available documentation, particularly literature and stereotypical descriptions. Historical sociolinguistics of this kind straddles the fields of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and contact; this book brings together the methods and theories of these areas to show how they can result in a rich reconstruction of linguistic and socially-conditioned variation. We reconstruct the circumstances and social settings that produced this variation, and demonstrate how to reconstruct which variants were used by different types of speakers under different circumstances, and what kinds of social identities they indexed"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022037530
ISBN9789027212573 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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