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Author Cheshire, Jenny, 1946-

Title Variation in an English dialect : a sociolinguistic study / Jenny Cheshire
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982

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Description vii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Cambridge studies in linguistics ; .no.37
Cambridge studies in linguistics .no.37
Contents Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Methodology: 1. Preliminary considerations; 2. Data collection; 3. Methods of analysis; Part II. Linguistic Variation; 4. Verb forms; 5. Negation; 6. Relative pronouns; 7. Other nonstandard forms; Part III. Sociolinguistic Variation: 8. Social variation; 9. Stylistic variation; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of authors; General index
Analysis English language Dialects Sociolinguistic aspects
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 134-137
Notes Cambridge studies in linguistics no:37 0068-676X
Subject English language -- Dialects -- England -- Reading.
English language -- Dialects.
English language -- Social aspects -- England -- Reading.
English language -- Social aspects.
English language -- Variation -- England -- Reading.
English language -- Variation.
SUBJECT Reading (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072763 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Reading (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072763 -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006384
LC no. 82004189
ISBN 0521238021