Variationist Sociolinguistics
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Variationist Sociolinguistics

Change, Observation, Interpretation

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eBook - ePub

Variationist Sociolinguistics

Change, Observation, Interpretation

About this book

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with linguistic variation in spoken and written language.

  • Represents the most up-to-date coverage of the history, developments, and methodologies of variationist sociolinguistics
  • Addresses all aspects of linguistic variation, including areas not usually covered in introductory texts, e.g. the phonological, morpho-syntactic, discourse/pragmatic
  • Outlines comparative sociolinguistic approach, data collection, methodological issues; and addresses state-of-the-art contemporary quantitative methods and statistical practice
  • Features cutting-edge research at an appropriate level to facilitate student learning
  • Engages students throughout with a variety of pedagogical features, including Mini Quizzes to test comprehension, extensive Exercises at the end of each chapter, the opportunity to do hands-on quantitative analysis of a never-before published data set, and Notes and Tips that offer insight into conducting sociolinguistic research. Extra materials and answers to the exercises are available at www.wiley.com/go/tagliamonte

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Foreword
  8. Series Editor’s Preface
  9. Preface
  10. Figures
  11. Tables
  12. 1 Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change
  13. 2 Social Patterns
  14. 3 Linguistic Patterns
  15. 4 Data and Method
  16. 5 Quantitative Analysis
  17. 6 Comparative Sociolinguistics
  18. 7 Phonological Variables
  19. 8 Morpho-Syntactic Variables
  20. 9 Discourse/Pragmatic Features
  21. 10 Tense/Aspect Variables
  22. 11 Other Variables
  23. 12 Sociolinguistic Explanations
  24. Appendix A Corpora Cited
  25. Appendix B Time Periods in the History of English
  26. References
  27. Subject Index
  28. Index of Linguistic Variables