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benjamins.com>Title: Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology Subtitle: Volume 2 Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/, http://www.benjamins.nl Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Z_HPD_2 Editor: Daniel Long, Tokyo Metropolitan University Editor: Dennis R. Preston, Michigan State University Hardback: ISBN: 1556197578, Pages: xxvi, 412 pp., Price: USD 174.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9027221855, Pages: xxvi, 412 pp., Price: EUR 174.00 Abstract: The Handbook of Perceptual Dialectology , Volume II, expands on the coverage of both regions and methodologies in the investigation of nonlinguists' perceptions of language variety. New areas studied include Canada (anglophone and francophone), Cuba, Hungary, Italy, Korea, and Mali, and most prominent among the new approaches are studies of the salience of specific linguistic features in variety identification and assessment. As in Volume I, the reader will find in these chapters everything from the statistical treatment of the ratings of dialect attributes to studies of the actual discourses of nonlinguists discussing language variety. Dialectologists, sociolinguistics, ethnographers, and applied linguists who work in areas where language variety is a concern will appreciate the findings and methods of these studies, but social scientists of every sort who want to understand the role of language in the cultural lives of ordinary people will also find much of interest here. Table of Contents List of Figures ix-xiii List of Tables xv-xix Preface Ronald R. Butters xxi-xxii Acknowledgments xxiii Introduction xxv-xxxi Miami Cuban Perceptions of Varieties of Spanish Gabriela Alfaraz 1-11 Aesthetic Evaluation of Dutch: Comparisons across Dialects, Accents, and Languages Ren�e van Bezooijen 13-31 Perceptions of Languages in the Mandingo Region of Mali: Where Does One Language Begin and the Other End? C�cile Canut-Hobe 33-41 Gender Differences in the Perception of Turkish Regional Dialects Mahide Demirci 43-52 Mental Maps: Linguistic-Geographic Concepts Willy Diercks 53-72 Attitudes of Montreal Students Towards Varieties of French Betsy E. Evans 73-95 An Acoustic and Perceptual Analysis of Imitation Betsy E. Evans 97-116 California Students' Perceptions of, You Know, Regions and Dialects? Carmen Fought 117-136 Perception of Dialect Distance: Standard and Dialect in Relation to New Data on Dutch Varieties Ton Goeman 137-151 A Dialect with 'Great Inner Strength'? The Perception of Nativeness in the Bergen Speech Community Paul Kerswill 153-173 Dialect Recognition and Speech Community Focusing in New and Old Towns in England: The Effects of Dialect Levelling, Demography and Social Networks Paul Kerswill and Ann Williams 175-206 Where is the "Most Beautiful" and the "Ugliest" Hungarian Spoken? Mikl�s Kontra 207-220 Microcosmic Perceptual Dialectology and the Consequences of Extended Linguistic Awareness: A Case Study of Noirmoutier Island (France) Jean Le� L�onard 221-250 Regional Differences in the Perception of Korean Dialects Daniel Long and Young-Cheol Yim 251-277 A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians Meghan McKinnie and Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain 279-296 Madrid Perceptions of Regional Varieties in Spain Juliana Moreno Fern�ndez and Francisco Moreno Fern�ndez 297-322 Attitudes Toward Midwestern American English Nancy Niedzielski 323-329 The Perception of Urban Varieties: Preliminary Studies from the South of Italy Maria Teresa Romanello 331-350 A Perceptual Dialect Study of French in Switzerland Caroline L'Eplattenier-Saugy 351-365 Influence of Vowel Devoicing on Dialect Judgments by Japanese Speakers Midori Yonezawa 367-396 About the Contributors 397 Index 399 Lingfield(s): Dialectology (Sociolinguistics) & Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue