Language Variation as Social Practice: The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High
Penelope Eckert
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Description for Language Variation as Social Practice: The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High
Paperback. aeo Provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population. aeo Shows how local processes coincide with the global patterning of variation with class, gender and age. aeo Uncovers the nature of social meaning and the dynamics of influence in variation. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CFD; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
This volume provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population.
This volume provides an ethnographically rich account of sociolinguistic variation in an adolescent population.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Language in Society
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631186045
SKU
V9780631186045
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99-50
About Penelope Eckert
Penelope Eckert is Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University and Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning in Menlo Park, CA. She has also taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Jocks and Burnouts (1989), editor of New Ways of Analyzing Sound Change (1991), and co-editor ... Read more
Reviews for Language Variation as Social Practice: The Linguistic Construction of Identity in Belten High
"This long-awaited volume demonstrates that Eckert is the sociolinguist. No other student of language and society comes close to Eckert in providing social explanations for linguistic behavior and no other study has probed so deeply the social motivation of sound change. Eckert's unique combination of ethnographic practice and sophisticated quantitative analyses will be the target to emulate for many decades ... Read more