Review published In:
Language Problems and Language PlanningVol. 9:3 (1985) ► pp.215–227
Book review
. Variation in an English Dialect: A Sociolinguistic Study Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. [Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 37]. x + 142 pp. $32.50, . English Dialectology: An Introduction University: University of Alabama Press, 1983. x + 151 pp. $19.75 paper. $9.95, . A Social History of English London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1983. [Language and Society Series]. x + 224 pp. $19.95 paper. $9.95, . Studies in the Phonology of Colloquial English London: Croom Helm, 1984. vii + 160 pp. $23.00and. British Black English Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1982. xiv + 210 pp. $24.95 paper. $9.95
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SUMMARY This essay offers a comparative review of five recent sociolinguistic studies. Although each of these texts focuses on some aspect of English—its variation within a particular community, its history, the study of non-standard variants—these works demonstrate the influence on the international linguistic community of Labov's view that language must be investigated within the social context of the community that uses it. Each work is evaluated within this tradition and in light of the contribution the work makes to furthering sociolinguistic research. RESUMO Kelkaj aktualaj tendencoj en socilingvistiko La eseo proponas komparan recenzon de kvin lastatempaj socilingvistikaj studoj. Kvankam ĉiu teksto fokusiĝas je iu aspekto de la angla lingvo—gia variado interne de difinita komunumo, ĝia historio, la studo de nenormaj dialektoj—la verkoj montras la influon ce la internacia lingvistika medio de la vidpunkto de Labov, ke oni devas esplori lingvon interne de la socia kunteksto de la komunumo, kiu gin parolas. Ciun verkon oni aprezas ene de tiu tradicio kaj surbaze de la kontribuo de la verko al antaù-enigo de socilingvistikaj esploroj.
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