Principles of linguistic change / William Labov.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Blackwell,
2001.
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| Series: | Language in society (Oxford, England) ;
20, 29. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Notational Conventions
- Pt. A. The Speech Community
- 1. The Darwinian Paradox
- 2. The Study of Linguistic Change and Variation in Philadelphia
- 3. Stable Sociolinguistic Variables
- 4. The Philadelphia Vowel System
- Pt. B. Social Class, Gender, Neighborhood, and Ethnicity
- 5. Location of the Leaders in the Socioeconomic Hierarchy
- 6. Subjective Dimensions of Change in Progress
- 7. Neighborhood and Ethnicity
- 8. The Gender Paradox
- 9. The Intersection of Gender, Age, and Social Class
- Pt. C. The Leader of Linguistic Change
- 10. Social Networks
- 11. Resolving the Gender Paradox
- 12. Portraits of the Leaders
- Pt. D. Transmission, Incrementation, and Continuation
- 13. Transmission
- 14. Incrementation
- 15. Continuation
- 16. Conclusion
- Afterword
- References
- Index.