Sociolinguistic Variation in Children's Language

Acquiring Community Norms

Jennifer Smith (University of Glasgow), Mercedes Durham (Cardiff University)

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Cambridge University Press
21 March 2024

Sociolinguistics; Child & developmental psychology

Series: Studies in Language Variation and Change

How we vary our speech is fundamental in signalling who we are, where we're from and where we're going. How and when does such variation arise? Here, leading experts Jennifer Smith and Mercedes Durham address this question through a sociolinguistic analysis of the speech of preschool children in interaction with their primary caregivers. Bringing together two fields of linguistic research - variationist sociolinguistics and first language acquisition

- the study focusses both qualitative and quantitative analysis of a range of variables to show when and how variation is acquired by young children, and the effect the caregiver's interaction has on this process. In doing so, they tackle a fundamental question in language research: when and how do children acquire the highly complex patterns of variation widely attested in adult speech?

By: Jennifer Smith (University of Glasgow), Mercedes Durham (Cardiff University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781316624289
ISBN 10: 1316624285
Series: Studies in Language Variation and Change
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 21 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Smith is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Glasgow. Her research is in language variation and change, concentrating on the origins and development of dialect from infancy onwards. Mercedes Durham is a Senior Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Cardiff University. Her research looks at how linguistic variation and language change are acquired, transmitted and viewed by individual speakers and across successive generations.

Reviews for Sociolinguistic Variation in Children's Language: Acquiring Community Norms

'For scholars interested in language acquisition, local linguistic variation, style shifting, or the idiosyncratic charms of tiny children, Smith & Durham offer an intriguing text for intellectual consumption.' Rachel Sona Reed, Language in Society