Principles of Linguistic Change : Social Factors

Labov, William

ISBN 10: 063117916X / ISBN 13: 9780631179160

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Linguistic Change : Social Factors
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063117916X
• ISBN 13: 9780631179160
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change.

• Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics
• Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change
• 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

About the Author

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