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Book Synopsis
Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.

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"An impressive book by any standards, and is likely to take its place as a "classic" of sociolinguistics." R.A. Hudson, Journal of Linguistics (of the first edition)

Table of Contents
Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. Language, Class and Community.

2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles.

3. Studying Language in teh 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.

Observing and Analysing Natural Language

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 13/08/1987
      ISBN13: 9780631136231, 978-0631136231
      ISBN10: 0631136231
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Social networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.

      Trade Review
      "An impressive book by any standards, and is likely to take its place as a "classic" of sociolinguistics." R.A. Hudson, Journal of Linguistics (of the first edition)

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Acknowledgments.

      1. Language, Class and Community.

      2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles.

      3. Studying Language in teh 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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