Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov.
2012
PE2841 .L33 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov.
Author
Labov, William.
ISBN
9780813935881 paperback alkaline paper
0813935881 paperback alkaline paper
9780813933269 hardcover alkaline paper
0813933269 hardcover alkaline paper
0813935881 paperback alkaline paper
9780813933269 hardcover alkaline paper
0813933269 hardcover alkaline paper
Imprint
Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
ix, 173 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PE2841 .L33 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
427/.973
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157]-164) and index.
Series
Page-Barbour lectures ; 2009.
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Table of Contents
About language and language change
A hidden consensus
Hidden diversity
The growing divergence of black and white English
The politics of African American English
Language change as local politics
The political ideology of the northern cities shift
Putting it all together
Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.
A hidden consensus
Hidden diversity
The growing divergence of black and white English
The politics of African American English
Language change as local politics
The political ideology of the northern cities shift
Putting it all together
Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.