Studying language variation : an informal epistemology / J.K. Chambers -- Part I : methodologies. Field methods. Introduction / Natalie Schilling-Estes -- Entering the community : fieldwork / Crawford Feagin -- Language with an attitude / Dennis R. Preston -- Investigating variation and change in written documents / Edgar W. Schneider -- Infering variation and change from public corpora / Laurie Bauer -- Evaluation. Introduction / J.K. Chambers -- The quantitative paradigm / Robert Bayley -- Implicational scales / John R. Rickford -- Instrumental phonetics / Erik R. Thomas -- Part II : linguistic structure. Introduction / Natalie Schilling-Estes -- Variation and phonological theory / Arto Anttila -- Investigating chain shifts and mergers / Matthew J. Gordon -- Variation and syntactic theory / Alison Henry -- Discourse variation / Ronald Macaulay -- Part III : social factors. Time. Introduction / Natalie Schilling-Estes -- Real and apparent time / Guy Bailey -- Child language variation / Julie Roberts -- Patterns of variation including change / J.K. Chambers -- Social differentiation. Introduction / Peter Trudgill -- Investigating stylistic variation / Natalie Schilling-Estes -- Social class / Sharon Ash -- Sex and gender in variationist research / Jenny Cheshire -- Ethnicity / Carmen Fought -- Domains. Introduction / Peter Trudgill -- Language and identity / Norma Mendoza-Denton -- The family / Kirk Hazen -- Communities of practice / Miriam Meyerhoff -- Social networks / Lesley Milroy -- The speech community / Peter L. Patrick -- Part IV : contact. Introduction / Peter Trudgill -- Space and spatial diffusion / David Britain -- Linguistic outcomes of language contact / Gillian Sankoff -- Koineization and accommodation / Paul Kerswill -- Part V : language and societies. Introduction / J.K. Chambers -- Linguistic and social typology / Peter Trudgill -- Comparative sociolinguistics / Sali Tagliamonte -- Language death and dying / Walt Wolfram.
Summary:
This handbook, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits. It is a convenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.