| Description |
xiii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in language variation |
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Palgrave studies in language variation.
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| Contents |
1. Historical and demographic details -- 2. Theoretical background and previous research -- 3. The research design -- 4. Correlations between age and the individual phonological variables -- 5. Testing for correlations across the entire database -- 6. Statistical testing -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Implications for future research |
| Summary |
"This sociolinguistic study offers a theoretical framework for understanding the diffusion of language change. Advanced statistical analysis methods are used in rigorously testing the supposed norm-enforcement effect of social networks within a rural community. In this analysis, social factors are considered to operate simultaneously and variably on the individual, and the individual is considered to respond variably. Revisions to the social network model are proposed, allowing the effects of various social factors operating on the process of resistance to language change to be evaluated simultaneously."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-243) and index |
| Subject |
Linguistic change -- Social aspects.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| LC no. |
2003054872 |
| ISBN |
1403914877 cloth |
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