Labov, William /
William Labov is an American linguist who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1971 until his retirement in 2014. His expertise lies in the area of sociolinguistics, and thus he generally explores the relationship between language and society. His research is the foundation of the field of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Narrative research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | William Labov is an American linguist who taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1971 until his retirement in 2014. His expertise lies in the area of sociolinguistics, and thus he generally explores the relationship between language and society. His research is the foundation of the field of variationist sociolinguistics, which uses quantitative methods to uncover patterns in how people alter their language across discourse situations and how variation in linguistic forms correlates with social factors such as gender, age, and socioeconomic status. While many branches of linguistics privilege standard languages and draw on data taken from educated usage or based on the native-speaker intuitions of the researchers themselves, Labov strongly advocates for the value of studying the everyday language of a diverse range of ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745306 1529745306 9781526421036 1526421038 |