Labov: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed) - Hardcover

Matthew J. Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1441192506 ISBN 13: 9781441192509

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2012

Synopsis

William Labov (b. 1927) has been a driving force in linguistics for over four decades. Throughout North America, and in much of the rest of the world, his name is synonymous with sociolinguistics.

This new Guide for the Perplexed summarizes Labov's work in a number of subfields, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis and not least sociolinguistics. It also sketches a broader context for appreciating Labov's major innovations. His considerable and growing legacy is discussed with comparative glances to other ways of approaching language within linguistics and in neighboring disciplines. Since the publication of The Social Stratification of English in New York City in 1966, Labov has pushed the boundaries of sociolinguistics decade after decade but there has been no one volume guide to his work. This is that guide.

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About the Author

Matthew J. Gordon is Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Missouri, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441192506
• ISBN 13: 9781441192509
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240