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Publication details [#5857]
Labov, William. 1973. The social setting of linguistic change. Current Trends in Linguistics 11 : 195–251.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Annotation
Data from recent studies of change in progress are presented to show how linguistic changes may be embedded in a social context, how they are evaluated, and how change may be activated at a particular time and place.