The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich

This 1979 volume was the first to apply the principles of social linguistics within a British urban community, specifically Norwich.

List of contents

List of maps; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Norwich; 2. The sample; 3. Social indices; 4. Social context and the questionnaire 5. The social differentiation of a grammatical feature; 6. The phonological variables; 7. The co-variation of the phonological variables with sociological parameters; 8. The Norwich diasystem; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1979, this volume was the first to attempt to apply the principles of social linguistics within a British urban community. Particularly influenced by the ideas of William Labov, it puts forward the view that linguistic expression in Norwich is intimately linked to the process of social stratification.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Trudgill, Stephen Ed Trudgill, Stephen Ed. Trudgill
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521297455
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29745-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 368 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures