Acknowledgments |
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Foreword |
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Series Editor's Preface |
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Preface |
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1 Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change |
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1 | (24) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (5) |
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8 | (1) |
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The Principle of Accountability |
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9 | (1) |
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Circumscribing the Variable Context |
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10 | (5) |
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Evolution of the Linguistic Variable |
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15 | (4) |
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The Importance of Accountability |
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19 | (2) |
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Language Variation and Change and Linguistic Theory |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (46) |
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25 | (7) |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (1) |
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Mobility in Space and Mobility in Class |
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35 | (1) |
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Social Network, Communities of Practice |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (13) |
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56 | (6) |
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Principles of Linguistic Change |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (5) |
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71 | (29) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (4) |
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80 | (4) |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (4) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (20) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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Creating Sociolinguistic Corpora |
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102 | (6) |
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The Individual and the Group |
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108 | (2) |
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Constructing an LVC Study |
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110 | (5) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (42) |
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The Quantitative Paradigm |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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The Three Lines of Evidence |
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122 | (2) |
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The Case Study - Variable (that) |
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124 | (2) |
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Goldvarb Logistic Regression |
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126 | (3) |
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Challenging the Variable Rule Program |
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129 | (8) |
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Drawbacks to the Variable Rule Program |
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137 | (1) |
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New Toolkits for Variationist Sociolinguistics |
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138 | (18) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (5) |
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6 Comparative Sociolinguistics |
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162 | (15) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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165 | (1) |
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Comparison in Language Contact |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (5) |
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173 | (4) |
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177 | (29) |
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179 | (8) |
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187 | (8) |
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Tips for Studying Phonological Variables |
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195 | (8) |
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203 | (3) |
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8 Morpho-Syntactic Variables |
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206 | (41) |
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207 | (10) |
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217 | (11) |
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228 | (7) |
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Studying Morpho-Syntactic Variables |
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235 | (6) |
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241 | (6) |
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9 Discourse/Pragmatic Features |
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247 | (32) |
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247 | (11) |
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258 | (11) |
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Studying the Discourse/Pragmatic Variable |
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269 | (8) |
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277 | (2) |
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10 Tense/Aspect Variables |
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279 | (35) |
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Grammaticalization and Tense/ Aspect Variables |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (15) |
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296 | (12) |
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Studying Tense/ Aspect Variables |
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308 | (3) |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (35) |
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315 | (5) |
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320 | (16) |
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Language and the Internet |
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336 | (6) |
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Studying Unusual Variables |
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342 | (3) |
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345 | (4) |
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12 Sociolinguistic Explanations |
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349 | (9) |
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What Are the Constraints on Change? |
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349 | (1) |
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How Does Language Change? |
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350 | (1) |
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How Is a Change Embedded in Social and Linguistic Systems? |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (1) |
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The Principle of Interaction |
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355 | (3) |
Appendix A Corpora Cited |
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358 | (1) |
Appendix B Time Periods in the History of English |
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359 | (1) |
References |
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360 | (32) |
Subject Index |
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392 | (8) |
Index of Linguistic Variables |
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