Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3

Cognitive and Cultural Factors

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: William Labov ISBN: 9781444351460
Publisher: Wiley Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: William Labov
ISBN: 9781444351460
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: July 5, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints.

  • Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scale
  • Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic change
  • Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one another
  • Establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communities
  • Completes Labov’s seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy
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Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints.

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