Browsing Linguistics by Author "Sandow, R"
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How ‘U’ are ‘U’ words?: Exploring variation in the usage and perception of class-based lexical shibboleths in British English
Sandow, R; Bailey, G; Braber, N; O'Hara-Brown, EThat U (upper-class) speakers and non-U (non-upper class) speakers are identifiable through the use of vocabulary is something of an axiom in England. These claims are repeated in books, magazine and newspaper articles, ... -
Interpreting identity effects in sociolinguistic variation and change: The role of local identity in the usage and recognition of Anglo-Cornish dialect lexis
Sandow, RDespite the well attested finding that orientation to place can exhibit correlations with sociolinguistic usage (e.g. Labov 1963; Hazen 2002; Haddican et al. 2013; Reed 2016; Beaman 2021), the role of place identity in ... -
Introducing the keyconcept approach to the analysis of language: The case of REGULATION in Covid-19 diaries
Sandow, R; Robinson, J; Piazza, R -
Language change is wicked: Semantic and social meaning of a polysemous adjective
Sandow, R; Bailey, G; Braber, NAs a result of an ameliorative shift-to-opposite, the polysemous adjective wicked is an auto-antonym, having two senses opposite in meaning, that is, ‘evil’ and ‘good’. We discuss two studies which explore the social life ... -
The Role of Local Identity in the Usage and Recognition of Anglo-Cornish Dialect Lexis
Sandow, R (2024-03-01)Despite the well attested finding that orientation to place can exhibit correlations with sociolinguistic usage, the role of place identity in sociolinguistic variation and change has been long disputed. The disputes often ...