Labov
Subtitle: a guide for the perplexed
By: Matthew J. Gordon
Series: Guides for the perplexed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781441192509; 9781441158529; 9781441186003; 9781441195081
Subjects: Sociolinguistics
Description: "William Labov (b. 1927) has been a driving force in linguistics for over four decades. Throughout North America, and in much of the rest of the world, his name is synonymous with sociolinguistics. This new Guide for the Perplexed summarizes Labov's work in a number of subfields, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis and not least sociolinguistics. It also sketches a broader context for appreciating Labov's major innovations. His considerable and growing legacy is discussed with comparative glances to other ways of approaching language within linguistics and in neighboring disciplines. Since the publication of The Social Stratification of English in New York City in 1966, Labov has pushed the boundaries of sociolinguistics decade after decade but there has been no one volume guide to his work. This is that guide."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenges of Labov; title: Linguistics and sociolinguistics before Labov; title: How to establish a field as a graduate student; title: A variationist approach to language; title: Speech styles and discourse; title: The socio of sociolinguistics; title: Labov as historical linguist; title: African American English: lessons learned, lessons taught; title: The revolution at 50.