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Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance, 2nd Edition

by: J. K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada)

Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance, 2nd Edition

by: J. K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada)

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9780631228820
ISBN 10:
0631228829
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/09/2002
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics that centers on the study of language variation and change, and identifies opportunities for future research. 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. 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. Sociolinguistic Theory discusses the linguistic variable and its significance, crucial social variables such as social stratification, sex and age, and the cultural purposes of linguistic variation. This second edition has been updated to incorporate new findings and expand on the discussion of communicative competence and developmental sociolinguistics.

List of Figures

xiv

List of Tables

xvi

Series Editor's Preface

xviii

Preface

xix

Preface to the Second Edition

xxii

Acknowledgements

xxiii

Correlations

(38)

The Domain of Sociolinguistics

(9)

Personal characteristics

(1)

Linguistic styles

(2)

Social characteristics

(2)

Sociocultural factors

(1)

Sociological factors

(1)

Sociolinguistics and the sociology of language

(1)

The Variable as a Structural Unit

(15)

Coexistent systems and free variation

(2)

The sociolinguistic enterprise

(8)

Precursors

Labov's New York survey

Linguistic variables

Independent variables

Speech in the community

One subject, Susan Salto

All subjects in three social classes

Figures and tables

(3)

Variation and the Tradition of Categoricity

(13)

Langue and parole

(1)

The axiom of categoricity

(2)

Communicative competence

(4)

Linguistics without categoricity

(2)

Categorical theory and variation theory

(1)

Categoricity in other disciplines

(3)

Class, Network, and Mobility

(77)

Social Class and Sociolinguistic Sampling

(6)

Blue collar and white collar

(2)

Judgement samples

(1)

Random samples

(2)

Indexing Social Class

(7)

Socioeconomic indices

(2)

Subject indices

(3)

The primacy of occupation as a determinant of class

(2)

Class Markers

(5)

Spreading the news in Westerntown

(1)

Boston ``short o''

(1)

Norwich (a:)

(1)

Grammatical variables

(1)

Montreal que-deletion

(1)

The Effects of Mobility

(6)

Caste and class

(1)

Comparative mobility

(1)

Mobility in language variation

(1)

Hungarian imperative declaratives

(1)

New York (th) and (dh)

(2)

Mobility as a leveling force

(1)

Homogenization

(9)

/a/-deletion in Sheshatshiu

(1)

/ou/ in Milton Keynes

(3)

The persistence of homogenization

(1)

(aw)-fornting in Canada

(2)

Dialect laws of mobility and isolation

(1)

Networks

(12)

Norm enforcement

(1)

Network and class

(1)

Some network studies

(3)

Measures of network bonds

(2)

Sociometrics

(2)

Measures of network integration

(3)

Linguistic Correlates of Network Integration

(3)

Phonological markers in Martha's Vineyard

(2)

Grammatical markers in the Reading playgrounds

(1)

Interaction of Network and Other Independent Variables

(4)

Social class

(1)

Sex

(1)

Age

(3)

Network change in Detroit

Oddballs and Insiders

(23)

Outsiders

(4)

Lames in Harlem

Ignaz in Grossdorf

Aspirers

101

(6)

A, B and C in Articlave

Samson in Anniston

Interlopers

107

(3)

Mr J in Toronto

Newcomers in King of Prussia

Insiders

110

(4)

A ``typical'' boy in a New England village

Elizabeth in Toronto

Insiders as language leaders

114

(2)

The linguistic limits of individuation

Expressing Sex and Gender

116

(47)

The Interplay of Biology and Sociology

117

(4)

Sex and gender

117

(2)

Some sex differences

119

(1)

Probabilistic, not absolute, differences

120

(1)

Vocal pitch as a sex difference

120

(1)

Sex Patterns with Stable Variables

121

(5)

Variable (ng)

121

(2)

Variant [in] as a hypercorrection

Variant [en] as a sex marker

Norwich (ng)

123

(1)

Sydney (ng)

124

(2)

Language, Gender, and Mobility in Two Communities

126

(13)

Inner-city Detroit

127

(7)

Variable (th)

Variable (r)

Multiple negation

Copula deletion

Gender roles in inner-city Detroit

Ballymacarrett, Belfast

134

(5)

Variable (√)

Variable (th)

Variable (ε)

Variable (a)

Gender roles in Ballymacarrett

Causes of Sex and Gender Differences

139

(14)

Gender-based variability

139

(4)

Isolation and gender roles

Shifting roles in coastal South Carolina

Mobility and gender roles

Sex-based variability

143

(10)

MC blurring of gender roles

``Status consciousness''

``Face''

Sociolinguistic ability

Verbal ability

Psychological explanations

Sex differences

Insignificance of individual differences

Male and Female Speech Patterns in Other Societies

153

(8)

Limits on female-male differences

153

(1)

Putative differences in Japan

154

(2)

The Middle East

156

(5)

(q) in Cairo, Amman, and elsewhere

A gender-based explanation

Prestige and standard varieties

(q) in Nablus and Baghdad

Lexical variants in Baghdad

Linguistic Evidence for Sex and Gender Differences

161

(2)

Accents in Time

163

(63)

Aging

164

(5)

Physical and cultural indicators

164

(2)

Some linguistic indicators

166

(3)

The Acquisition of Sociolects

169

(6)

Three formative periods

170

(1)

Development of stylistic and social variants

171

(4)

Style-shifting by Edinburgh schoolboys

Communal patterns in Scottish 10-year-olds

Emerging African American phonology in Washington

Family and Friends

175

(11)

Dialect acquisitation

176

(3)

Six Canadians in England

British twins in Australia

Generational differences in bilingual situations

179

(5)

Language shift in Oberwart, Austria

Loan words in Spanish Harlem

Parents versus peers

184

(2)

Declarations of Adolescence

186

(8)

An adolescent majority

186

(1)

Outer markings including slang

187

(2)

Adolescent networks and linguistic variation

189

(5)

Jocks and Burnouts in Detroit

Burnouts and Rednecks in Farmer City

Young Adults in the Talk Market

194

(9)

The marche linguistique

195

(1)

``Legitimized language'' in Montreal

196

(3)

Auxiliary avoir and etre

Playing the talk market

199

(3)

Linguistic stability in middle and old age

202

(1)

Changes in Progress

203

(23)

Age-grading

206

(6)

Zee and zed in Southern Ontario

Glottal stops in Glasgow

Real time and apparent time

212

(7)

Real-time changes in Tsuruoka

An apparent-time change in Milwaukee

Testing the apparent-time hypothesis

219

(7)

Slower progress in higher frequencies: (e) in Norwich

Verifying inferences about change: (CH) in Panama

Adaptive Significance of Language Variation

226

(53)

The Babelian Hypothesis

227

(5)

The evidence of subjective reaction tests

228

(3)

Teachers' evaluations of students

Employers' evaluations of job candidates

Dialect as a source of conflict

231

(1)

Global Counteradaptivity and Local Adaptivity

232

(3)

Counteradaptivity and power

232

(2)

Adaptivity and community

234

(1)

Dialects in Lower Animals

235

(6)

Buzzy and Clear white-crowned sparrows

236

(3)

The theory of genetic adaptation

239

(1)

The theory of social adaptation

240

(1)

The Persistence of the Non-standard

241

(6)

Covert prestige

241

(4)

Status and solidarity

245

(2)

Jewish and MC accents in Montreal

High and low accents in Guangzhou

Traditional Theories of the Sources of Diversity

247

(5)

Variation and climates

248

(1)

Variation and contact

249

(1)

The prevalence of diversity

250

(2)

A Sociolinguistic Theory of the Sources of Diversity

252

(13)

Linguistic diversity and social strata

252

(2)

Two tenets about standard dialects

254

(5)

Naturalness and economy

Medial /t/

Economy as a general linguistic force

Morpheme-final consonant clusters

Standard and non-standard (CC)

Naturalness beyond phonetics

259

(5)

The principle of conjugation regularization

Standard and non-standard conjugation regularization

Two constraints on variation in standard dialects

264

(1)

Vernacular Roots

265

(9)

Diffusionist and structural explanations

266

(1)

Problems with the diffusionist position

267

(2)

The internal-structural position

269

(2)

Primitive and learned features

271

(2)

Obstruent devoicing in second-language learning

Devoicing and voicing medial /t/

Sociolinguistic implications

273

(1)

Linguistic Variation and Social Identity

274

(5)

Notes

279

(4)

References

283

(20)

Index

303

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Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance, 2nd Edition

Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and Its Social Significance, 2nd Edition

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0631228829

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0631228829

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Table of Contents

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