| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 485 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published: Washington D.C. : Center for Applied Linguistics, 1966. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-472) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introductory note to the first edition; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition: forty years later; Part I Problems and methods of analysis; 1 The study of language in its social context; The study of linguistic structure; Some earlier restrictions on linguistic study; Some earlier studies of language in its social context; 2 First approach to the structure of New York City English; Results of the exploratory interviews; Resolution of the problem; The five phonological variables; The problem of stylistic variation. |
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The problem of social variation3 The social stratification of (r) in New York City department stores; The method; Overall stratification of (r); The effect of other independent variables; Differentiation by age of the informants; Some possible sources of error; Conclusion; 4 The isolation of contextual styles; The problem of casual speech; Channel cues for casual speech; The array of stylistic variation; The structure of stylistic variation; 5 The linguistic interview; The interview situation; The questionnaire; Interviewing several members of the household. |
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6 The survey of the Lower East SideThe selection of the area; Procedures of the MFY survey; A view of the Lower East Side; The ALS survey population; Selection of native speakers; The ALS sample population; The ALS television interview; Characteristics of the ALS respondents; Redefinition of "native speaker" and "New Yorker"; Class distribution of the ALS respondents; Ethnic distribution of the ALS respondents; Interviewing other members of the household; Summary of possible sources of error; Part II Social differentiation; 7 Class differentiation of the variables. |
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Social class as a measure of social stratificationTwo approaches to social variation in language; The socio-economic class index; Class stratification of the five variables; The possible relations of class to language; The social structure of (r); The social structure of (th) and (dh); The deviant case of Nathan B.; The social structure of (æh); The social structure of (oh); The hypothesis of real deviation; Evidence of the out-of-town informants; Summary; 8 Further analysis of the variables; The logical ordering of the independent variables in time. |
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Education of respondent as an independent variableOccupation of respondent as an independent variable; Occupation and education combined; Ethnic group as an independent variable; Relation of ethnic membership to (oh); Relations of ethnic groups to socio-economic class; Jewish and Italian differences for other variables; Comparison of men and women; Temporal relations of the variables; 9 Distribution of the variables in apparent time; Methods for the synchronic study of change; The relative stability of class patterns; The possible relations of apparent time and real time. |
| Summary |
Second edition of William Labov's groundbreaking study, in which he looks back on forty years of achievements in sociolinguistics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- New York (State) -- New York.
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English language. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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English language -- Dialects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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English language -- Dialects. |
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English language -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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Speech and social status -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Speech and social status. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
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National Book Committee. |
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Social conditions. |
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New York (N.Y.) -- Languages.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Labov, William. Social stratification of English in New York City. 2nd ed. Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2006 9780521821223 0521821223 (DLC) 2007273650 (OCoLC)123391231 |
| ISBN |
9780511335181 (electronic book) |
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0511335180 (electronic book) |
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0511334605 (electronic book) |
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9780511334603 (electronic book) |
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9780511333941 |
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0511333943 |
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9780521821223 |
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0521821223 |
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9780521528054 (paperback) |
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0521528054 (paperback) |
