Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (Language in Society)
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Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (Language in Society)
Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (Language in Society)

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (Language in Society)

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William Labov (Author)  

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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 triggering events to driving forces and endpoints. * Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scale * Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic change * Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one another * Establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communities * Completes Labov's seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy
William Labov is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. His major studies include The Social Stratification of English in New York City (1966), Sociolinguistic Patterns (1972), Language in the Inner City (1972), Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors (Wiley-Blackwell, 1994) and Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001). With S. Ash and C. Boberg, he published the Atlas of North American English in 2006.
  • Contributor: William Labov
  • Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
  • ISBN13: 9781405112154
  • Number of Pages: 448
  • Packaged Dimensions: 164x238x30mm
  • Packaged Weight: 770
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Release Date: 2010-10-15
  • Series: Language in Society
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: William Labov is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. His major studies include The Social Stratification of English in New York City (1966), Sociolinguistic Patterns (1972), Language in the Inner City (1972), Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors (Wiley-Blackwell, 1994) and Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001). With S. Ash and C. Boberg, he published the Atlas of North American English in 2006.

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