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Principles of Linguistic Change, Cognitive and Cultural Factors: Synthesis: Vol 3 Hardcover - 2010
by Labov, William
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- Hardcover
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- Title Principles of Linguistic Change, Cognitive and Cultural Factors: Synthesis: Vol 3
- Author Labov, William
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Volume III
- Condition New
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Blackwell Pub
- Date 2010
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # __1405112158
- ISBN 9781405112154 / 1405112158
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 417.7
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From the rear cover
Labov draws upon the newly completed Atlas of North American English to look more deeply into questions of linguistic change, focusing on the cognitive factors that determine the capacity of the linguistic system to transmit information, and exploring social influences in the development of large-scale cultural patterns. The third volume also deals with the diffusion of change across dialect boundaries, and across racial and ethnic groups. It establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community, which is dependent on child language acquisition, and diffusion across communities, which is dependent on adult learning.
This final installment in the Principles of Linguistic Change series builds upon the foundations established by the groundbreaking first two volumes. Volume 1 investigates the internal factors that control change, examining the regularity of sound change and reviewing the evidence for functional explanations of linguistic change. Volume 2 follows by presenting the social factors governing linguistic change and proposed models for the transmission and incrementation of change. Written by the pioneering researcher of sociolinguistic inquiry, Principles of Linguistic Change is an essential resource for researchers, scholars and students in the field.