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List of Figures and Tables viii
Series Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
Variation and Change in English 3
Introduction 3
Language, dialect, accent and variety 4
Language 4
The Ebonics debate 6
Dialect, accent and variety 7
Standards of English 8
What is standard English? 8
A brief history of the standardisation of English in England 10
A brief history of the standardisation of English in the United States 16
Studies in variation and change 22
Linguistic variation 22
Social variation 24
Variation and social networks 27
Studying variation in English 30
Selecting a topic for research 30
Project design and sampling 32
Methods of data collection 34
Sound and video recording equipment 41
Transcribing data 42
Analysing data 44
Writing your report 46
Sample projects 47
Further reading 49
Pragmatics andDiscourse 50
Introduction 50
Language, meaning and communication 51
Language in context 52
Language as action 56
Speech act theory 56
The cooperative principle 59
Discourse analysis 63
The structure of talk 64
Conversation analysis 66
Turn-taking 68
Adjacency pairs 68
Presupposition 73
Politeness 75
Context 77
Language, action and interaction 80
Grammar and interaction 82
Studying speech 86
Selecting a topic for research 86
Choosing and collecting data 88
Conventions of transcription 90
Analysing data 91
Sample projects 92
Further reading 93
Stylistics 94
Introduction 94
What is stylistics? 95
Units of language and grammar 97
Stylistic methods and categories of analysis 101
Cohesion 101
Deixis and fictional worlds 113
Similes and metaphors 116
Narrative 118
Representing speech and thought 123
Dialogue in drama 126
Studying stylistics 129
Selecting a topic for study 129
Choosing and collecting data 131
Analysing data 133
Sample projects 135
Further reading 135
Critical Discourse Analysis 137
Introduction 137
Language, society and ideology 138
Language, linguistics and ideology 139
Words and meaning 140
Language and reality 143
Language as discourse 144
Critical linguistics 145
Transitivity 147
Modality 151
A framework for critical discourse analysis 153
Schema theory and members' resources 157
CDA, written discourse analysis and stylistics 162
Studying CDA 164
Selecting a topic for study 165
Choosing and collecting data 165
Analysing data 166
Sample projects 168
Further reading 168
Bibliography 169
Index 177
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