TY - GEN T1 - Handbook of perceptual dialectology. A2 - Preston, Dennis Richard LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - J. Benjamins YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm70767066 AB - Perceptual dialectology investigates what ordinary people (as opposed to professional linguists) believe about the distribution of language varieties in their own and surrounding speech communities and how they have arrived at and implement those beliefs. It studies the beliefs of the common folk about which dialects exist and, indeed, about what attitudes they have to these varieties. Some of this leads to discussion of what they believe about language in general, or "folk linguistics". Surprising divergences from professional results can be found. For the professional, it is intriguing to f. OP - 413 CN - P375 .H28 1999 SN - 9789027298416 SN - 9027298416 SN - 9781556195341 SN - 1556195346 SN - 9789027221803 SN - 9027221804 SN - 1282162675 SN - 9781282162679 SN - 9786612162671 SN - 6612162678 KW - Linguistic geography. KW - Speech perception. KW - Language and languages : Variation. KW - Language awareness. KW - Speech Perception KW - Géographie linguistique. KW - Perception de la parole. KW - Variation (Linguistique) KW - Conscience linguistique. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : General. KW - Language and languages : Variation KW - Language awareness KW - Linguistic geography KW - Speech perception KW - Dialectologie. KW - Spraakwaarneming. KW - Electronic book. ER -