The Handbook of Language Variation and Change (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)
Contributors: J. K. Chambers (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: February 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 832
ISBN-13: 9781405116923
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Phonetics & Phonics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Reference; Linguistics; LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES; LINGUISTIC CHANGE; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics
First sentence: In an early discussion of linguistic methodology, William Labov classified the different subfields of linguistics according to whether their practitioners were primarily to be found working in "the library, the bush, the closet, the laboratory... [or] the street" (Labov 1972:99).