Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2 Vol. 2 : Social Factors Paperback - 2001
by Labov, William
- Used
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- Title Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2 Vol. 2 : Social Factors
- Author Labov, William
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Volume II
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Date 2001-03-30
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 48948144-6
- ISBN 9780631179160 / 063117916X
- Weight 1.71 lbs (0.78 kg)
- Dimensions 9.06 x 5.97 x 1.29 in (23.01 x 15.16 x 3.28 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Linguistic change
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92115935
- Dewey Decimal Code 417
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From the rear cover
Successive chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks 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. Detailed portraits of individual leaders show that the women who lead linguistic change are distinguished from others by their general pattern of deviation from established norms of conformity. Mathematical models are developed to account for the linear incrementation of change in progress, and the transmission of change across generations.
