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Orthographic transcriptions of non‐standard varieties: The case of Earlier African‐American English[Note 1. Parts of this paper were presented at NWAV(E) 28. ...]
Author(s) -
Miethaner Ulrich
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of sociolinguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9841
pISSN - 1360-6441
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9481.00129
Subject(s) - linguistics , orthographic projection , phonology , syntax , representation (politics) , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , politics , political science , law
This study covers an area of sociolinguistic methodology which so far has received relatively little theoretical attention: the composition and analysis of orthographic transcriptions of non‐standard speech. The following aspects will be addressed: first, the linguistic/semiotic properties of orthographic transcriptions, i.e. the relationship between graphemic representation and phonology, morphology and syntax. Secondly, the different functions of orthographic writing and its ‘ideological’ (popular and linguistic) dimensions (e.g. social stereotypes, linguistic distance). The discussion of these in a database of sample transcriptions of earlier African‐American English illustrates that the interplay between the functional, linguistic and ideological dimensions of orthographic transcripts is highly complex, and that their analysis and interpretation have implications for (socio)linguistic methodology in general.