PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE by William Labov ( 9780631179153 )

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Title:

PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE

Volume:

v. 2

By:

William Labov

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0631179151

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9780631179153

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

22 January, 2001

Series:

Language in Society

Pages:

596

Description:

* written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.

Synopsis:

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.* Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics* Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change* Includes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks that delineate the leaders of linguistic change as women of the upper working class with a high density of interaction within their neighborhoods and a high proportion of weak ties outside of it

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149 illustrations

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Blackwell Publishers

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