Browsing by Subject "Linguistic change"
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Language change and variation
(John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1989)The study of language variation in social context continues to hold the attention of a large number of linguists. This research is promoted by the annual colloquia on New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English' (NWAVE). ... -
Principles of linguistic change. Volume 2: Social factors
(Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 2001)This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. Includes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and ... -
Principles of linguistic change. Volume 3: Cognitive and cultural factors
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from ... -
The handbook of language variation and change
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference ...