{"product_id":"9781119361244","title":"The Handbook of Dialectology","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Handbooks in Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Handbook of Dialectology\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharles Boberg | John Nerbonne | Dominic Watt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Dialectology\u003c\/i\u003e provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Boberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. His research focuses on variation and change in North American English, particularly Canadian English and accents in film and television. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe English Language in Canada: Status, History and Comparative Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and a co-author of the \u003ci\u003eAtlas of North American English\u003c\/i\u003e (with William Labov and Sharon Ash, 2006)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Nerbonne\u003c\/b\u003e worked at HP Labs, the German AI Center, and the University of Groningen, where he was head of Digital Humanities. He is currently an honorary professor in Freiburg. Nerbonne works in quantitative linguistics, using computational and statistical methods. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, was president of the Association for Computational Linguistics in 2002, and a Humboldt prize winner in 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Watt\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York, UK. His research interests are in forensic phonetics and linguistics, speech perception, sociophonetics, and language and identity studies. He is co-author of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Accents and Dialects\u003c\/i\u003e (with Arthur Hughes and Peter Trudgill, 2012), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Identities\u003c\/i\u003e (with Carmen Llamas, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eLanguage, Borders and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 September 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119361244\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e608\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44377881084044,"sku":"9781119361244","price":51.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119361244_03629925-a16f-4f4c-9d7b-0c58c41e8c1a.jpg?v=1780170856","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119361244","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}