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Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change (Page-Barbour Lectures)
William Labov
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Paperback. Series: Page-Barbour Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from one another over time.
Contrary to the general expectation that mass culture would diminish regional differences, the dialects of Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Birmingham, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and New York are now more different from each other than they were a hundred years ago. Equally significant is Labov's finding ... Read more
The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from one another over time.
Contrary to the general expectation that mass culture would diminish regional differences, the dialects of Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Birmingham, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and New York are now more different from each other than they were a hundred years ago. Equally significant is Labov's finding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Page-Barbour Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
235 g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935881
SKU
V9780813935881
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About William Labov
William Labov, Fassit Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, is author or coauthor of numerous works on linguistics, including Principles of Linguistic Change, volumes 1–3, and The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change.
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