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Sociolinguistics in England

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Editors:
  1. Natalie Braber

    1. School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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  2. Sandra Jansen

    1. Department of English and American Studies, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

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  • Approaches sociolinguistics in England from a topical perspective from experts in the area
  • Showcases developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application
  • Covers a wide geographical and linguistic range

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. An Overview of Sociolinguistics in England

    • Sandra Jansen, Natalie Braber
    Pages 1-11

  3. Urban Literacies and Processes of Supralocalisation: A Historical Sociolinguistic Perspective

    • Anita Auer
    Pages 13-34

  4. Social Change, Linguistic Change and Sociolinguistic Change in Received Pronunciation

    • Anne H. Fabricius
    Pages 35-66

  5. The Changing Language of Urban Youth: A Pilot Study

    • Rob Drummond
    Pages 67-96

  6. Stylisation and the Dynamics of Migration, Ethnicity and Class

    • Ben Rampton
    Pages 97-125

  7. The Perceptual Dialectology of England

    • Chris Montgomery
    Pages 127-164

  8. Variation and Change in Varieties of British Sign Language in England

    • Adam Schembri, Rose Stamp, Jordan Fenlon, Kearsy Cormier
    Pages 165-188

  9. Language Change and Innovation in London: Multicultural London English

    • Sue Fox, Eivind Torgersen
    Pages 189-213

  10. The Effect of Economic Trajectory and Speaker Profile on Lifespan Change: Evidence from Stative Possessives on Tyneside

    • Isabelle Buchstaller, Adam Mearns
    Pages 215-241

  11. Pit Talk in the East Midlands

    • Natalie Braber
    Pages 243-274

  12. Studying Intonation in Varieties of English: Gender and Individual Variation in Liverpool

    • Claire Nance, Sam Kirkham, Eve Groarke
    Pages 275-295

  13. Peripheral Communities and Innovation: Changes in the goose Vowel in a West Cumbrian Town

    • Sandra Jansen
    Pages 297-331

  14. ‘Doing Cornishness’ in the English Periphery: Embodying Ideology Through Anglo-Cornish Dialect Lexis

    • Rhys J. Sandow, Justyna A. Robinson
    Pages 333-361

  15. Residual Rhoticity and Emergent r-sandhi in the North West and South West of England: Different Approaches to Hiatus-Resolution?

    • William Barras
    Pages 363-392

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 393-398
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About this book

This book presents an overview of sociolinguistic research in England. Showcasing developments in sociolinguistic theory, method and application, the chapters examine sociolinguistic topics  on different linguistic levels and in different geographical areas across the country. Allowing the reader to engage with contemporary research in the field, each chapter is unique in the topic or geographical area explored. Topics include historical sociolinguistics, British Sign Language, lexical variation, life-span change, and variation and innovation in urban and peripheral areas; while the regions covered range from Cornwall to West Cumbria. Edited and authored by a range of international scholars, this is sure to be a key research resource for students and scholars interested in language use in England. 

Reviews

“Sociolinguistics in England is welcomed in the world of academia. … It is essential for a book such as this to take the audience from the beginning of the field to the future directions for research, and it is noteworthy that it has been able to achieve that and more.” (Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, Language in Society, Vol. 49 (3), 2020)

“As a scholar who teaches and researches English in an international setting, this volume was a welcome addition to the available resources, offering up-close and contemporary insight into the language I am supposed to be an expert on. The contributions to this volume offer precisely the sort of description that help us keep a fresh perspective on this rich language, especially in its region of initial incubation.” (Elizabeth Peterson, Cercles, cercles.com, March, 2019)

“An important volume that reminds us of the vitality of sociolinguistics in England and showcases the breadth of the discipline - spoken and signed, past and present, perception and production, engaging with social diversity and investigating language at all levels, right across the country.” (David Britain, Universität Bern, Switzerland)

“This volume is a timely and welcome addition to the vibrant field of sociolinguistics and matches the existing volumes on Scotland, Wales and Ireland to form a valuable set summarising contemporary thinking on language variation and change in these islands.” (Raymond Hickey, University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Natalie Braber

  • Department of English and American Studies, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

    Sandra Jansen

About the editors

Natalie Braber is Reader in Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Her research interests include language variation and identity in the East Midlands, perceptions of language in the region and studies around ‘pit talk’, language used by coal miners. She has published widely  on language variation in the East Midlands.



Sandra Jansen is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Her research focuses on language variation and change, with a specific interest in Cumbrian dialects and L2 varieties of English. She has published several journal articles and book chapters on language changes in the far north-west of England.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sociolinguistics in England

  • Editors: Natalie Braber, Sandra Jansen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56288-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56287-6Published: 17 January 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95393-6Published: 07 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56288-3Published: 02 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 398

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: English, Sociolinguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Language and Literature, Historical Linguistics, Grammar

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