Book description
Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation
presents a comprehensive, intermediate level examination of Language
Variation and Change, the branch of sociolinguistics concerned with
linguistic variation in spoken and written language.
- Represents the most up-to-date coverage of the history,
developments, and methodologies of variationist sociolinguistics
- Addresses all aspects of linguistic variation, including areas not
usually covered in introductory texts, e. g. the phonological,
morpho-syntactic, discourse/pragmatic
- Outlines comparative sociolinguistic approach, data collection,
methodological issues; and addresses state-of-the-art contemporary
quantitative methods and statistical practice
- Features cutting-edge research at an appropriate level to
facilitate student learning
- Engages students throughout with a variety of pedagogical
features, including Mini Quizzes to test comprehension,
extensive Exercises at the end of each chapter, the
opportunity to do hands-on quantitative analysis of a never-before
published data set, and Notes and Tips that offer
insight into conducting sociolinguistic research. Extra materials
and answers to the exercises are available at www. wiley. com/go/tagliamonte
Sali A. T
agliamonte
is a Professor in the Linguistics Department at the University of
Toronto, Canada. She is author of
Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation
(2006), co-author of
African American English in the Diaspora: Tense
and Aspect
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2001), and has published on African American
varieties; British, Irish, and Canadian dialects; as well as child,
teen, television, and Internet languages.
