Folk Linguistics

Bibliographic Data

ID23398402
AuthorsNancy Niedzielski, Nancy A Niedzielski, Dennis R Preston (0000-0001-9949-0211)
Year2000
Publication date2000-12-31
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueFolk Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110803389
OpenAlexW4206459472
Open LibraryOL46010931M
ISBN9783110803389
LanguageEN
Citations received97

"Folk knowledge of language has not engaged linguists very often in the history of that field. Introductory texts often disparage folkbelief in contrast to 'scientific truth'. In fact, language is a ubiquitous topic of discussion and general concern of the folk. They talk about grammar, pronunciation, first and second language learning, language disabilities, dialects, gender and language, and a host of other topics. This book approaches such beliefs as one of most important aspects of ethnography. Surely what a people believe about their language is as important as any other key to an understanding of their culture. This fascinating book investigates how non-linguists think and talk about language, an area overlooked by linguists, as the authors show." Joseph Salmons in: Diachronica

Cognition · Cognitive linguistics · Linguistics · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Sociolinguistics

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