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PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE, COGNITIVE AND CULTURAL FACTORS
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| By: |
William Labov |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£91.80 |
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| ISBN 10: |
144432750X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781444327502 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
20 August, 2010 |
| Edition: |
Volume III |
| Series: |
Language in Society 33 |
| Pages: |
424 |
| Synopsis: |
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints. Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scaleExamines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic changeDemonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one anotherEstablishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communitiesCompletes Labov's seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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