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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
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Sali Tagliamonte |
ISBN: | 9780521771153 0521771153 9780521778183 0521778182 |
OCLC Number: | 62532855 |
Description: | xi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction -- Data collection -- The sociolinguistic interview -- Data, data and more data -- The linguistic variable -- Formulating hypotheses/operationalising claims -- The variable rule program : theory and practice -- The how-to's of a variationist analysis -- Distributional analysis -- Multivariante analysis -- Interpreting your results -- Finding the story. |
Series Title: | Key topics in sociolinguistics. |
Responsibility: | Sali A. Tagliamonte. |
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Abstract:
The first comprehensive 'how to' guide to the formal analysis of sociolinguistic variation (how language varies in social context). Practical and informal, it shows in a step-by-step fashion how the analysis is carried out, leading the reader through every stage of a sociolinguistic research project. Contains checklists, tips, and exercises.
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'Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation will be of most use to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are already familiar with the ideas and goals of sociolinguistics, and who need to know how to conduct their own research, or participate in larger collaborative research projects. I am sure that the offices and labs of variationists everywhere will soon be identifiable by the presence of well-thumbed copies of this book.' Canadian Journal of Linguistics Read more...
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