Language and Social Networks
2nd Edition
Published on 29. July 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-631-15314-6 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1980, Language and Social Networks has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition incorporates an extensive new chapter reappraising the original research and discussing other sociolinguistic work in the same paradigm.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-15314-6 (9780631153146)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lesley Milroy is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Content
Editor's Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Second Edition.
Acknowledgements.
1. Language, Class and Community.
2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles.
3. Studying Language in the 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.
Acknowledgements.
1. Language, Class and Community.
2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles.
3. Studying Language in the 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.