LINGUIST List 17.2338
Wed Aug 16 2006
Diss: Socioling: Antieau: 'A Distributional Analysis of Rural Color...'
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1. Lamont
Antieau,
A Distributional Analysis of Rural Colorado English
Message 1: A Distributional Analysis of Rural Colorado English
Date: 16-Aug-2006
From: Lamont Antieau <antieauuga.edu>
Subject: A Distributional Analysis of Rural Colorado English
Institution: University of Georgia
Program: Linguistics Program
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2006
Author: Lamont Antieau
Dissertation Title: A Distributional Analysis of Rural Colorado English
Linguistic Field(s):
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Dissertation Director:
Marlyse Baptista
William A. Kretzschmar
Lee Pederson
Diana Ranson
Dissertation Abstract:
This dissertation describes a study in linguistic geography conducted inColorado using the methodology of the Linguistic Atlas of the WesternStates. As such, the goals of this dissertation are threefold: 1) toprovide a description of Colorado English with respect to select lexical,phonetic, and syntactic features; 2) to compare the results of work inColorado with previous work conducted in the eastern states as well as inColorado and other western states; and 3) to use inferential statistics toshow correlation between the distribution of specific linguistic variantsand the social characteristics of those informants who use these variants. The major findings of this study include the observation that linguisticvariants are distributed according to a power law, that numerous variantshave statistically significant social correlates at all levels of thegrammar, and that the relative effect of social variables differs at eachlinguistic level.
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