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OverviewThis volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary language shift and identity in a language community in the mid-Atlantic South to offer a unique window into ethnic dialect formation and sociolinguistic processes underpinning dialect acquisition. Drawing on data collected from over 100 interviews of members North Carolina Hispanicized English speakers in Durham, North Carolina, the book employs a quantitative approach and uses statistical software in analyzing the data collected to focus on the sociolinguistic variable of past tense unmarking to explore sociolinguistic processes at work in English language learner variation. The focus on a specific variable allows for the opportunity to explore specific processes in more detail, including the ways in which speakers accommodate regional and ethnic varieties of their peers and the internal and environmental factors guiding dialect acquisition. Illuminating new facets to the processes of language learning, language contact, and ethnolect emergence, this volume is key reading for students and researchers in second language acquisition and variationist sociolinguistics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Erin CallahanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781138065710ISBN 10: 1138065714 Pages: 150 Publication Date: 11 April 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Language of Marcos 2. Why Study Emerging Ethnolects? 21st Century Implications for Variationism and Second Language Acquistiion (SLA) 3. The Speech Community: Ethnolect Formation, Development, and Contexts of Use 4. A Quantitative Portrait of Ethnolectal Emergence 5. Pedagogical Perspectives: Ethnolects Go to SchoolReviewsAuthor InformationErin Callahan is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Western Carolina University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |