Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change /
Labov, William.
Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Page-Barbour lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
About language and language change -- A hidden consensus -- Hidden diversity -- The growing divergence of black and white English -- The politics of African American English -- Language change as local politics -- The political ideology of the northern cities shift -- Putting it all together -- Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.
9780813933269 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813933276 (e-book)
2012009828
English language--Dialects--United States.
English language--Variation--United States.
English language--Social aspects--United States.
English language--Political aspects--United States.
Linguistic change--United States.
African Americans--Languages.
Black English.
Sociolinguistics.
PE2841 / .L33 2012
427/.973
Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012. - ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Page-Barbour lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
About language and language change -- A hidden consensus -- Hidden diversity -- The growing divergence of black and white English -- The politics of African American English -- Language change as local politics -- The political ideology of the northern cities shift -- Putting it all together -- Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.
9780813933269 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813933276 (e-book)
2012009828
English language--Dialects--United States.
English language--Variation--United States.
English language--Social aspects--United States.
English language--Political aspects--United States.
Linguistic change--United States.
African Americans--Languages.
Black English.
Sociolinguistics.
PE2841 / .L33 2012
427/.973