Language and social networks

Author(s)

• Milroy, Lesley

Bibliographic Information

Language and social networks

Lesley Milroy

（Language in society, 2）

Blackwell, 1987

2nd ed

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [219]-228

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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.

Table of Contents

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.

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Details

• NCID: BA00895142
• ISBN:
  • 0631153144
• LCCN: 87010370
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 232 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P40
  • DC19 : 401/.9
  • NDC7 : 801.03
  • NDC7 : 801.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0030940X