Principles of Linguistic Change: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (3rd edition)
William Labov, "Principles of Linguistic Change: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (3rd edition)"
English | 2010 | ISBN-10: 140511214X, 1405112158 | 448 pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | 2010 | ISBN-10: 140511214X, 1405112158 | 448 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Written by the world–renowned pioneer in the field of modernsociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and culturalfactors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life historyof these developments, from triggering events to driving forces andendpoints.
Explores the major insights obtained by combiningsociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a largescale
Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible forlinguistic change
Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from oneanother
Establishes an essential distinction between transmissionwithin the community and diffusion across communities
Completes Labov s seminal Principles of LinguisticChange trilogy