Labov, William. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813933269 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813933276 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012009828 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Dialects--United States.<br/>English language--Variation--United States.<br/>English language--Social aspects--United States.<br/>English language--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Linguistic change--United States.<br/>African Americans--Languages.<br/>Black English.<br/>Sociolinguistics.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE2841  / .L33 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427/.973