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Publication details [#4463]

Hathaway, Luise Hertrich. 1978. The development of social dialects in a speech community. Proceedings of the International Congress of Linguists/Actes du Congrès International des Linguistes 12 : 280–283.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
age | foreign language acquisition | language change | profession | social context | sociolect | variability

Annotation

Change of social conditions has brought about a change of every-day language use in the Austrian village of Imst. Free variation has come to denote social dialects. The empirical study concentrates on the parameters age, occupation, interests and radius of communication rather than on education and income.