文档介绍：This page intentionally left blank
The Linguistics of Speech
This insightful study proposes a unified theory of speech through which
conflicting ideas about language might be understood. It is founded on a
number of key points, such as the continuum of linguistic behavior, extensive
variation in language features, the importance of regional and social proximity
to shared linguistic production, and differential frequency as a key factor in
linguistic production both in regional and social groups and in text corpora.
The study shows how this new linguistics of speech does not reject rules in
favor of language use, or reject language use in favor of rules; rather, it shows
how rules e from language as people use it. Written in a clear,
engaging style and containing invaluably accessible introductions plex
theoretical concepts, this work will be of great interest to students and scholars
of sociolinguistics, dialectology, and corpus linguistics.
william a. kretzschmar, Jr. is Harry and Jane Willson Professor in
Humanities at the University of ia.
The Linguistics of Speech
William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo
Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK
Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York
Information on this title: 0521887038
© William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. 2009
This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the
provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part
may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
First published in print format 2009
ISBN-13 978-0-511-51811-9 eBook (NetLibrary)
ISBN-13 978-0-521-88703-8 hardback
ISBN-13 978-0-521-71507-2
Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy
of urls for external or third-party websites referred to in th