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Labov, William. 1972. The isolation of contextual styles. In Labov, William, ed. Sociolinguistic patterns. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 70–109.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative style | social context

Annotation

Adapted chapter from W. Labov (1966: 'The social stratification of English in New York City').