Linguistic variation and change

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"The study of variation and change is at the heart of the sociolinguistics. Providing a wide survey of the field, this textbook is organised around three constraints on variation: linguistic structure, social structure and identity, and social and linguistic perception. By considering both structure and meaning, Scott F. Kiesling examines the most important issues surrounding variation theory, including canonical studies and terms as well as challenges to them. Research in non-English and non-E…

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Full title :Linguistic variation and change / Scott F. Kiesling.

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Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Edinburgh University Press
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

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Description:xi, 200 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

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ISBN:9780748637614, 0748637613, 9780748637621, 0748637621
oclc:ocn863583000
LC Classification:P120.V37
Dewey Decimal:417.7

pt. 1. Questions and method -- Questions about language and variation, and where we got them -- The linguistic variable -- Discovering and describing patterns of variation and change -- pt. 2. Variation and social relationships -- Social patterns I : interspeaker variation -- Social patterns II : intraspeaker variation -- Meaning and social patterns -- Acquisition of variation -- pt. 3. Variation, change, and linguistic structure -- Structural patterns I : phonology and morphology -- Structural patterns II : syntax, lexical variables, and surpasegmentals -- pt. 4. Conclusions -- The life and times of linguistic changes.

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