1. Linguistics and sociolinguistics -- 2. A tapestry in space and time -- 3. Language varieties: processes and problems -- 4. Discovering the structure in variation -- 5. Rhoticity -- 6. At the intersection of social factors -- 7. Change, meaning and acts of identity -- 8. The discourse of social life -- 9. Communication: words and world -- 10. Action and critique -- 11. Language and social explanation
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