TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giuliana Regnoli
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631864142
TI  - Accent Variation in Indian English
T2  - A Folk Linguistic Study
DO  - 10.3726/b18804
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1140554
N2  - This is the first major sociolinguistic work on Indian diasporic communities in Germany. It investigates accent perceptions and attitudes to variation in Indian varieties of English. The study shows how differences in phonological characteristics index ethnic identities. Based on a network approach, it establishes the spatial dimensions of patterns of perceived language variation with a stratified sample of 60 Indians. The study uses an innovative mixed methodology to investigate overt stigmatisations as well as covert attitudes towards accent variation. It shows that metalanguage allows to understand what sociolinguistic stereotypes are at stake in diasporic communities and what criteria are made use of in such discriminations.
KW  - accents, dialects, ethnicity, identity, Indian diaspora, Indianness, language attitudes, language variation and change, metalanguage, mixed methods, perceptual dialectology, phonetics and phonology, social networks, sociolinguistics, transient communities, World Englishes
LA  - English
ER  -