LINGUIST List 15.425

Mon Feb 2 2004

Books: Sociolinguistics: Marshall

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

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1. C.O'Connor, Language Change and Sociolinguistics: Marshall

Title: Language Change and Sociolinguistics
Subtitle: Rethinking Social Networks
			
Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com		 
			
Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1-4039-1487-7

Author: Jonathan Marshall, Lecturer at the Department of English
	Language at the University of Edinburgh.

Hardback: ISBN: 1403914877, Pages: 264, Price: $50/$75

			
Abstract:

This sociolinguistic study offers a new theoretical framework for
understanding the diffusion of language change within a
community. Advanced statistical analysis methods are used in
rigorously testing the supposed norm-enforcement effect of social
networks. Revisions to the social network model are proposed, allowing
the effects of various social factors operating simultaneously on the
individual to be considered in evaluating the process of resistance to
language change.

Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Theoretical Background and Previous Research
The Research Design
AGE Across the Individual Phonological Variables
Testing for Correlations Across the Entire Database
Statistical Testing
Discussion
Implications for Future Research
Bibliography
Appendices
Index


Lingfield(s):	Sociolinguistics 			 

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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