Investigating Variation: The Effects of Social Organization and Social Setting
Author:   Nancy C Dorian (Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired))
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195385922


Pages:   376
Publication Date:   05 August 2010
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Author:   Nancy C Dorian (Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired))
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.542kg
ISBN:  

9780195385922


ISBN 10:   0195385926
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   05 August 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1.: The Variation Puzzle 2.: The East Sutherland Fishing Communities 3.: Dimensions of Linguistic Variation in a Socioeconomically Homogeneous Population 4.: A General Introduction to Speakers and Variables 5.: A Close Look at Some Embo Variables and their Use 6.: Kin Groups, Peer Groups, and Variation 7.: Speech Norms, Accommodation, and Speaking Well in Gaelic Embo 8.: Socially Neutral Linguistic Variation: Where, Why, What for, and How? 9.: Conclusion Notes References

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Nancy C. Dorian is Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College (retired). She is the 2012 holder of the Kenneth L. Hale Award of the Linguistic Society of America in recognition of her work on East Sutherland Gaelic.

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