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- catalog abstract "This book is concerned with the explanation of linguistic change. Focusing on variation in the English language, it explores the extent to which language change is a social phenomenon. Language, James Milroy holds, cannot adequately be observed or described independently of society. In analyzing patterns of language use, we must be aware of social and situational contexts and of the norms of usage in the speech community. He discusses these methodological issues in relation to his own sociolinguistic research in Belfast, and argues that in explaining language variation we need first to understand these factors which maintain language and resist change. In contrast to the intra-linguistic approach of traditional historical work, this book presents a social model of change derived from the study of social networks and the links between networks and social class. Language change, Professor Milroy suggests,is made possible to the extent that it is passed from person to person in conversational encounters. -- Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b3434822.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.".
- catalog description "Social and historical linguistics -- Analysing language in the community : general principles -- Interpreting variation in the speech community -- On the time-depth of variability in English -- Speaker-innovation and linguistic change -- Towards an integrated social model for the interpretation of language change.".
- catalog description "This book is concerned with the explanation of linguistic change. Focusing on variation in the English language, it explores the extent to which language change is a social phenomenon. Language, James Milroy holds, cannot adequately be observed or described independently of society. In analyzing patterns of language use, we must be aware of social and situational contexts and of the norms of usage in the speech community. He discusses these methodological issues in relation to his own sociolinguistic research in Belfast, and argues that in explaining language variation we need first to understand these factors which maintain language and resist change. In contrast to the intra-linguistic approach of traditional historical work, this book presents a social model of change derived from the study of social networks and the links between networks and social class. Language change, Professor Milroy suggests,is made possible to the extent that it is passed from person to person in conversational encounters. -- Back cover.".
- catalog extent "xii, 243 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0631143661 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "063114367X (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 19.".
- catalog isPartOf "Language in society ; 19".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA : B. Blackwell,".
- catalog subject "306.4/4 20".
- catalog subject "English language Grammar, Historical.".
- catalog subject "English language Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "English language Variation.".
- catalog subject "PE1101 .M55 1992".
- catalog subject "Sociolinguistics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Social and historical linguistics -- Analysing language in the community : general principles -- Interpreting variation in the speech community -- On the time-depth of variability in English -- Speaker-innovation and linguistic change -- Towards an integrated social model for the interpretation of language change.".
- catalog title "Linguistic variation and change : on the historical sociolinguistics of English / James Milroy.".
- catalog type "text".