Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices such as what accent or dialect to use offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372. . 2015. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Vox Popular: The Surprising Life of Language in the Media
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0470659920
ISBN 13: 9780470659922
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characters who tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in how they say it. The creative decisions behind these voices―such as what accent or dialect to use―offer rich data for sociolinguistic study. Ideal for students of language variation as well as general readers interested in media, Vox Popular is an engaging tour through the major issues of sociolinguistic study as heard in the voices from mass media.

• Provides readers with a unified and accessible picture of the interrelationships between language variation and the mass media

• Presents detailed original analyses of multiple audiovisual media sources

• Includes a broad methods chapter covering quantitative and qualitative methods in a style not available in any other textbook

• All theoretical terms are accessibly explained, with engaging examples, making it suitable for non-academics as well as undergraduate students

• Incorporates pedagogical textboxes throughout and includes sections dedicated to developing practical skills for the field

About the Author

Robin Queen is Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Linguistics, English Languages and Literatures, and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research on language variation in the mass media, Queen has extensively researched language, gender, and sexuality; intonation and prosody; and contact-related language change. She is the co-author of Through the Golden Door: Educational Approaches for Immigrant Adolescents with Limited Schooling (1998).

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