Principles of Linguistic Change. Volume 2 Social Factors - Language in Society

This volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. Written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics Features the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change Includes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks that 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

ISBN:	9780631179160
Publisher:	Wiley
Imprint:	Wiley Blackwell
Published date:	22 Jan 2001
DEWEY:	417.7
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xviii, 572
Weight:	828g
Height:	229mm
Width:	153mm
Spine width:	32mm

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