| Description |
xviii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Conduct and communication ; no. 4 |
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Conduct and communication ; no. 4
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| Contents |
1. The social motivation of a sound change -- 2. The social stratification of (r) in New York City department stores -- 3. The isolation of contextual styles -- 4. The reflection of social processes in linguistic structures -- 5. Hypercorrection by the lower middle class as a factor in linguistic change -- 6. Subjective dimensions of a linguistic change in progress -- 7. On the mechanism of linguistic change -- 8. The study of language in its social context -- 9. The social setting of linguistic change |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 327-336 |
| Event |
[1972] |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics.
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| LC no. |
72080375 |
| ISBN |
0812210409 (paperback) |
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0812276574 (cloth) |
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