Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2 Vol. 2 : Social Factors

Labov, William

ISBN 10: 063117916X / ISBN 13: 9780631179160

Editore: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2001

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Riassunto:

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. <ul> <li>Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics</li> <li>Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change</li> <li>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</li> </ul>

Informazioni sull'autore: The author is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-editor of <i>Language Variation and Change and is author of Sociolinguistic Patterns</i> (1972), <i>Language in the Inner City</i> (1972), and <i>Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 1: Internal Factors</i> (Blackwell, 1994).

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Titolo: Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2 ...
Casa editrice: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good