![]() This volume reviews the essential findings that form its foundation and shows how empirical explorations have made it the most stimulating field in the contemporary study of language. Since the inception of sociolinguistics four decades ago, the correlation of dependent linguistic variables with independent social variables has provided the theoretical core of the discipline. Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics that centers on the study of language variation and change, and identifies opportunities for future research. ![]() Linguistic Variation and Social Identity: Notes. Vernacular Roots: Diffusionist and Structural Explanations. Two Constraints on Variation in Standard Dialects. A Sociolinguistic Theory of the Sources of Diversity: Linguistic Diversity and Social Strata. Traditional Theories of the Sources of Diversity: Variation and Climates. The Persistence of the Non-Standard: Covert Prestige. Dialects in Lower Animals: Buzzy and Clear White-Crowned Sparrows. Global Counteradaptivity and Local Adaptivity: Counter Adaptivity and Power. The Babelian Hypothesis: The Evidence of Subjective Reaction Tests. Part V: Adaptive Significance of Language Variation: Linguistic Stability in Middle and Old Age. Adolescent Networks and Linguistic Variation. Declaration of Adolescence: An Adolescent Majority. Generational Differences in Bilingual Situations. Development of Stylistic and Social Variants. The Acquisition of Sociolects: Three Formative Periods. Linguistic Evidence for Sex and Gender Differences. Male and Female Speech Patterns in Other Societies: Limits on Female-Male Differences. Causes of Sex and Gender Differences: Gender-Based Variability. Language, Gender and Mobility in Two Communities: Inner City Detroit. Gender Patterns with Stable Variables: Variable (ng). Probabilistic, not Absolute, Differences. The Interplay of Biology and Sociology: Sex and Gender. Interaction of Network and Other Independent Variables: Social Class. Grammatical Markers in the Reading Playgrounds. Linguistic Correlates of Network Integration: Phonological Markers in Martha's Vineyard. Homogenization: /a/ -Deletion in Sheshatshiu. The Effects of Mobility: Caste and Class. Boston +ACI-short o+ACI-Norwich (a: )Grammatical Variables. Class Markers: Spreading the News in Westerntown. The Primacy of Occupation as a Determinant of Class. Indexing Social Class: Socioeconomic Indices. Social Class and Sociolinguistic Sampling: Blue Collar and White Collar. Variation and the Tradition of Categoricity: Langue and Parole. The Variable as a Structural Unit: Coexistent Systems and Free Variation. Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of Language. The Domain of Sociolinguistics: Personal Characteristics. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. ![]()
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