Book Review: The Social Meaning of Language, Dialect and Accent: International Perspectives on Speech Styles by Giles, H., & Watson, B. M. (Eds.)

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Author(s):  
Malcah Yaeger-Dror
Keyword(s):  
Social Meaning ◽  
Speech Styles ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
The Social

Book Review: The Social Meaning of Surgery

1993 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-72
Author(s):  
Moyra Riseborough
Keyword(s):  
Social Meaning ◽  
The Social

The Production of Social Meaning Via the Association of Variety and Style: A Case Study of French Vowel Lengthening in Belgian

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 397-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Hambye ◽  
Anne Catherine Simon
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Meaning ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Speech Styles ◽  
The Social ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
The Common ◽  
Vowel Lengthening

AbstractThis article questions the common usage of the concept of “linguistic variety” and the usual view of vernacular speech as the expression of a speaker’s identity. The term “variety” in linguistics has an ambiguous status: it is used to describe “linguistic representations” (social constructs) as well as actual linguistic practices. An alternative way of understanding the function of varieties in the sociolinguistic space is proposed: we explain how varieties relate to speech styles in a way that captures the social significance of linguistic variation. A case study about vowel lengthening in the French spoken in Belgium is then presented. Through both a quantitative and qualitative analysis, it is shown how marked regional variants are used to produce a particular social meaning, even among middle-class speakers.

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