{"product_id":"principles-of-linguistic-change-volume-2-social-factors-paperback","title":"Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Labov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the long-anticipated results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks that delineate the leaders of linguistic change as women of the upper working class with a high density of interaction within their neighborhoods and a high proportion of weak ties outside of it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the results of several decades of inquiry into the social origins and social motivation of linguistic change. It includes the first complete report on the Philadelphia project designed to establish the social location of the leaders of linguistic change. These findings are developed further on the basis of a broad range of sociolinguistic studies in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the recently completed \u003ci\u003eAtlas of North American English.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccessive chapters on social class, neighborhood, ethnicity, gender, and social networks delineate the leaders of linguistic change as women of the upper working class with a high density of interaction within their neighborhoods and a high proportion of weak ties outside of it. Detailed portraits of individual leaders show that the women who lead linguistic change are distinguished from others by their general pattern of deviation from established norms of conformity. Mathematical models are developed to account for the linear incrementation of change in progress, and the transmission of change across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Variation and Change and is author of Sociolinguistic Patterns\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), \u003ci\u003eLanguage in the Inner City\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), and \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Linguistic Change, Volume 1: Internal Factors\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 9.06 x 5.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132661862535,"sku":"9780631179160","price":73.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b614235e772e6d1bcb3b4bacfad57352.webp?v=1732628259","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/principles-of-linguistic-change-volume-2-social-factors-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}