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Publication details [#27362]

Milroy, James. 1992. Linguistic variation and change.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

innovation | language change | language use | language variation | sound change

Annotation

This book which proposes a multidimensional model of language use, rather contributes to explaining the how than the why of sound change, and explicates the social mechanism using the central concept of weak social ties.

Reviewed by

Lissewski, Monika. 1994. Review of $Linguistic variation and change.