The social stratification of English in New York City / William Labov.

Author/creator Labov, William
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoCambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 485 pages ; 23 cm
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Subjects
English language--New York (State). --New York.
English language--Dialects. --New York (State). --New York.
English language--Social aspects. --New York (State). --New York.
Speech and social status--New York (State). --New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--Languages.

Contents Part I. Problems and Methods of Analysis: 1. The study of language in its social context -- 2. First approach to the structure of New York City English -- 3. The social stratification of English in New York City department stores -- 4. The isolation of contextual style -- 5. The linguistic interview -- 6. The survey of the lower east side -- Part II. Social Differentiation: 7. Class differentiation of the variables -- 8. Further analysis of the variables -- 9. Distribution of the variables in apparent time -- 10. Other linguistic variables -- Part III. Social Evaluation: 11. Subjective evaluation of the variables -- 12. Self-evaluation and linguistic security -- 13. General attitudes towards the speech of New York City -- Part IV. Synthesis: 14. The structure of the New York City vowel system -- 15. 1966-2006 -- App. A. Questionnaire for the ALS survey -- App. B. Anonymous observations of casual speech -- App. C. Analysis of losses through moving of the MFY sample population -- App. D. Analysis of the non-respondents : the television interview -- App. E. The out-of-town speakers.
Abstract One of the first accounts of social variation in language, this groundbreaking study founded the discipline of sociolinguistics, providing the model on which thousands of studies have been based.
General noteOriginally published: Washington D.C. : Center for Applied Linguistics, 1966.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 462-472) and index.
LCCN 2007273650
ISBN9780521821223
ISBN0521821223
ISBN9780521528054 (pbk.)
ISBN0521528054 (pbk.)
Standard identifier# 9780521528054

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