Tyne Bytes: Computerised Sociolinguistic Study of Tyneside: 11 (Bamberger Beitraege Zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft / Bamb) - Softcover

Jones-Sargent, Val

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3820476555 ISBN 13: 9783820476552

Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, 1983

Synopsis

The relationships between language variation and social structure within an urban community are far too complex to be adequately handled by traditional methods. The Tyneside Linguistic Survey offers a radical approach to sociolinguistic modelling, using multi-variate techniques. Linguistic and social clusters are discovered within a sample of Tyneside speakers by generating classifications based on a wide range of linguistic and social variables. In this study Dr. Jones-Sargent lucidly presents the background and philosophy of the TLS, the implementation of the computer model and an analysis of the results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3820476555
• ISBN 13: 9783820476552
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383