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Investigating variation : the effects of social organization and social setting / Nancy C. Dorian.
LIBRA PB1598.S96 D62 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dorian, Nancy C.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scottish Gaelic language--Dialects--Scotland--Sutherland.
- Scottish Gaelic language.
- Scottish Gaelic language--Variation.
- Scottish Gaelic language--Social aspects.
- Fishers--Scotland--Sutherland--Language.
- Fishers.
- Scottish Gaelic language--Dialects.
- Scotland--Sutherland.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 350 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- The variation puzzle
- The East Sutherland fishing communities
- Dimensions of linguistic variation in a socioeconomically homogeneous population
- A general introduction to speakers and variables
- A close look at some Embo variables and their use
- Kin groups, peer groups, and variation
- Speech norms, accommodation, and speaking well in Gaelic Embo
- Socially neutral linguistic variation: where, why, what for, and how?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195385939
- 0195385934
- 9780195385922
- 0195385926
- OCLC:
- 269455510
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