Observing and Analysing Natural Language: A Critical Account of Sociolinguistic Method

Milroy, Lesley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631136231 ISBN 13 : 9780631136231

Editeur : Wiley–Blackwell, 1987

Book by Milroy Lesley

Quatrième de couverture :

Social networks –– those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed –– are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.

First published in 1980, Language and Social Networks has had a great influence on the development of sociolinguistics. The second edition incorporates an extensive new chapter reappraising the original research and discussing other sociolinguistic work in the same paradigm.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Social networks –– those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed –– are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.