This groundbreaking study of New York speech founded the discipline of sociolinguistics, presenting a pioneering new account of social variation in... Læs mere
This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics.
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.
Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this three-volume set examines the historical, social, cognitive, and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change.
Labov extends his widely used framework for narrative analysis to matters of greatest human concern: accounts of the... Læs mere
This Element documents the evolution of a research program that began in the early 1960s with the author's first investigation of language change on Martha's Vineyard. It traces the development of what has become the basic framework for studying language variation and change.