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Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics) - Hardcover

Dorian, Nancy C.

 
9780195385939: Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)

Synopsis

Nancy C. Dorian's examination of the fisherfolk Gaelic spoken in a Highland Scottish village offers a number of explanations for delayed recognition of linguistic variation unrelated to social class or other social sub-groups.

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About the Author

Nancy C. Dorian is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired). She is the 2012 holder of the Kenneth L. Hale Award of the Linguistic Society of America in recognition of her work on East Sutherland Gaelic.

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