Advances in cognitive sociolinguistics
By: edited by Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen, Yves Peirsman.
Contributors: Geeraerts, Dirk, 1955-; Kristiansen, Gitte, 1966-; Peirsman, Yves.
Series: Cognitive linguistics research -- 45
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9783110226454
Subjects: Cognitive grammar; Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of contributors; title: Introduction: Advances in cognitive sociolinguistics / Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen and Yves Peirsman; title: Part I. Lexical and lexical-semantic variation: Heterodox concept features and onomasiological heterogeneity in dialects / Dirk Geeraerts and Dirk Speelman; title: Measuring and parameterizing lexical convergence and divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese / Augusto Soares da Silva; title: Awesome insights into semantic variation / Justyna A. Robinson; title: Applying Word Space Models to Sociolinguistics: Religion Names Before and After 9/11 / Yves Peirsman, Kris Heylen and Dirk Geeraerts; title: Part 2. Constructional variation: The English genitive alternation in a cognitive sociolinguistics perspective / Benedikt Szmrecsanyi; title: (Not) acquiring grammatical gender in two varieties of Dutch / Gunther De Vogelaer; title: Lectal variation in constructional semantics: 'Benefactive' ditransitives in Dutch / Timothy Colleman; title: Part 3. Variation of lectal awareness and attitudes: Lectal acquisition and linguistic stereotype formation / Gitte Kristiansen; title: Investigations into the folk's mental models of linguistic varieties / Raphael Berthele; title: A cognitive approach to quantitative sociolinguistic variation: Evidence from TH-fronting in Central Scotland / Lynn Clark and Graeme Trousdale.