Sociolinguistic Styles

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effects In-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratory Coverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossing Written by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs.* Full examination of the complex phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistics, focusing on its nature and social motivations, as well as on the mechanisms for its usage and its effects* In-depth, up-to-date critical overview of the different theoretical approaches accounting for stylistic variation, exploring their historical roots not only in sociolinguistics and stylistics or semiotics but also in classical fields such as rhetoric and oratory* Coverage of a wide range of related concepts and issues, from the oldest Greek ethos and pathos or Roman elocutio and pronuntiatio to the contemporary enregisterment, stylisation, stance, or crossing* Written by an academic who has been instrumental in developing theory in this area of sociolinguistics

Series Editor's PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of TablesIntroductionPART I: THE CONCEPT AND NATURE OF STYLE1. The Concept of Style1.1 Style in Rhetoric1.1.1. Ancient Greece1.1.2. The Roman World1.1.3. Middle Ages and Modern Times1.2. Style in Stylistics and Semiotics1.2.1. Textualists: Formalist Stylistics1.2.2. Contextualists: Functionalist Stylistics1.2.3. Recent Developments1.3. Style in Sociolinguistics2. The Nature of Style2.1. The Linguistic Meaning of Style: Resources and Mechanisms2.1.1. Style, Register and Diaphasic Variation2.1.2. Style, Dialect and Accent2.1.3. Style and Genre2.1.4. Style, Register, Slang, Cant and Jargon2.1.5. Stylistic Devices2.1.6. Style and the Study of Language Change2.2. The Social Meaning of Style: MotivationsII.2.1. Style and IdentityII.2.2. Style and IdeologyPART II: SOCIOLINGUISTIC MODELS OF STYLE-SHIFTING3. Situation-centred Approach: Attention Paid to Speech3.1. Social Determinism and Positivism3.1.1. Sociolinguistic Tenets3.1.2. Sociolinguistic Patterns3.2. The Formality Continuum3.2.1. Casual Style3.2.2. Formal Style3.2.3. Passage Reading Style3.2.4. Word List Style3.2.5. Minimal Pairs Style3.2.6. The Style Decision Tree3.3. Audio-monitoring: The Universal Factor3.3.1. The Principle of Graded Style-shifting3.3.2. The Principle of Range of Variability3.3.3. The Principle of Socio-stylistic Differentiation3.3.4. The Principle of Sociolinguistic Stratification3.3.5. The Principle of Stylistic Variation3.3.6. The Principle of Attention3.3.7. The Vernacular Principle3.3.8. The Principle of Formality3.4. Limitations4. Audience-centred Approach: Audience Design4.1. Behaviourism and Social Psychological Theories4.1.1. Language Attitudes4.1.2. Social Identity Theory and Linguistic Marketplace4.1.3. Communication Accommodation Theory4.2. Bakhtin and Dialogism4.2.1. Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces4.2.2. Heteroglossia and Multiple Voicing4.2.3. Addressivity and Response4.3. The Style Axiom: Audienceship and Responsiveness4.3.1. Relational Activity4.3.2. Sociolinguistic Marker4.3.3. Responsiveness and Audienceship4.3.4. Linguistic Repertoire4.3.5. Style Axiom4.3.6. Accommodative Competence4.3.7. Discoursal Function4.3.8. Initiative Axis4.3.9. Referee Design4.3.10. Field and Object of Study4.4. Limitations5. Context-centred Approach: Functional Model5.1. Contextualism and the Context of Situation5.2. Systemic Functional Model of Language5.3. Polylectal Grammar5.4. The Register Axiom5.5. Limitations6. Speaker-centred Approach: Speaker Design6.1. Social Constructionism6.1.1. Phenomenology6.1.2. Relativism6.2. Social Constructionist Sociolinguistics: Persona Management6.2.1. Indexicality, Social Meaning and Enregisterment6.2.2.Agency6.2.3. Performativity, Stylisation and Identity Construction6.2.4. Stance6.2.5. Authenticity6.2.6. Hyperdialectism vs. Hyper-vernacularisation6.2.7. Crossing6.3. Limitations7. ConclusionReferencesIndex