Language Change and Sociolinguistics: Rethinking Social Networks (Palgrave Studies in Language Variation) - Hardcover

Marshall, Jonathan

 
9781403914873: Language Change and Sociolinguistics: Rethinking Social Networks (Palgrave Studies in Language Variation)
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ISBN 10: 1403914877 ISBN 13: 9781403914873
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Synopsis

This sociolinguistic study offers a new theoretical framework for understanding the diffusion of language change within a community. Advanced statistical analysis methods are used in rigorously testing the supposed norm-enforcement effect of social networks. Revisions to the social network model are proposed, allowing the effects of various social factors operating simultaneously on the individual to be considered in evaluating the process of resistance to language change.

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About the Author

JONATHAN MARSHALL is Lecturer at the Department of English Language at the University of Edinburgh.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403914877
ISBN 13 
9781403914873
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
259

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