Observing and Analysing Natural Language: A Critical Account of Sociolinguistic Method
Author:   Lesley Milroy (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 August 1987
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Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.

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Author:   Lesley Milroy (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780631136231


ISBN 10:   0631136231
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   13 August 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Language, Class and Community. 2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles. 3. Studying Language in teh Community: The Fieldworker and the Social Network. 4. The Social Context of Speech Events. 5. The Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Data. 6. The Language of the Individual Speaker: Patterns of Variation and Network Structure. 7. Conclusions and Theoretical Implications. Appendix. References. Index.

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An impressive book by any standards, and is likely to take its place as a classic of sociolinguistics. R.A. Hudson, Journal of Linguistics (of the first edition)


"""An impressive book by any standards, and is likely to take its place as a ""classic"" of sociolinguistics."" R.A. Hudson, Journal of Linguistics (of the first edition)"


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Lesley Milroy is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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