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Author Milroy, Lesley

Title Sociolinguistics : Method and Interpretation
Published Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages)
Series Language in Society
Language in Society
Contents Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Sociolinguistics: Models and Methods; 2 Locating and Selecting Subjects; 3 Data Collection; 4 Language Variation and the Social World: Issues in Analysis and Interpretation; 5 Social Relationships and Social Practices; 6 Investigating Phonological Variation; 7 Beyond Phonology: Analyzing and Interpreting Higher Level Variation; 8 Style-Shifting and Code-Switching; 9 Epilogue; Notes; References; Index
Summary Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.:.; Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology.; Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style-shifting and code-switching.; Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.; Stresses the need fo
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Subject Sociolinguistics.
sociolinguistics.
Sociolinguistics
Form Electronic book
Author Gordon, Matthew
ISBN 9780470758205
0470758201