Making waves : the story of variationist sociolinguistics / Sali A. Tagliamonte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tagliamonte, Sali, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Sociolinguistics--Research.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

xi, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

Summary:

"Making Waves: The History of Variationist Sociolinguistics tells the human story of an academic field based on one-on-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Socioinguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface viii 1 Where It Begins 1 2 Synchronicity and Sociolinguistics 25 3 A Crescendo of Research 53 4 Roots of Variationist Thinking 74 5 Sociolinguistics in the Street 88 6 Why Statistics Is in Your Head 107 7 Sociolinguistics From the Heart 121 8 Branching Out; Bursting at the Seams 131 9 Why Do You Like Variation? 158 10 Launching the Future 169 Afterword 185 Appendix A List of Interviews 186 Appendix B VSLX Family Tree 187 References 193 Index 000 .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tagliamonte, Sali, author. Making wave

ISBN:

9781118455166

1118455169

9781118455432

1118455436

OCLC:

918986495

Online:

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