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Publication details [#5846]

Labov, William. 1970. The study of language in its social context. Studium Generale 23 : 30–87.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | social context

Annotation

On the study of language structure and evolution within the social context of the speech community (concentrating on aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, but including a brief section on discourse analysis).

Reprints

Fishman, Joshua A. 1971. In Fishman, Joshua A., ed. Advances in the sociology of language 1: Basic concepts, theories and problems (Alternative approaches). Mouton. pp. 152–216.

Labov, William. 1972. In Labov, William, ed. Sociolinguistic patterns. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 183–259.

Giglioli, Pier Paolo. 1972. In Giglioli, Pier Paolo, ed. Language and social context: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 283–307.