SOCIOLINGUISTICS by Lesley Milroy, Matthew J. Gordon ( 9780631222255 )

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SOCIOLINGUISTICS
METHOD AND INTERPRETATION

By:

Lesley Milroy, Matthew J. Gordon

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0631222251

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

28 December, 2002

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Language in Society

Pages:

280

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Synopsis:

Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory. * Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology. * Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style--shifting and code--switching. * Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory. * Stresses the need for the entire research process from the initial design of the project to the interpretation of results to be grounded in theoretically defensible positions. * Shows how the research paradigm established by a few influential pioneers has been fruitfully expanded by exciting new trends.

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19 illustrations

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Blackwell Publishers

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