Carefully designed to be of maximum practical use to students and researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and related fields, the book is packed with useful features, including: • ...

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“It begins with the simple act of noticing a variation – that there are two alternative ways of saying the same thing” [1] Labov’s quote here is pretty self-explanatory of what sociolinguistic ...

[1] Cheshire, J., (1982). ‘Linguistic Variation and Social Function’. In: Romaine, S. (ed) Sociolinguistic Variation in Speech Communities. London: Edward Arnold Ltd. pp. 153-166. Labov believed that ...

Adam Jaworski, Emeritus Professor, University of Hong Kong '[This] book offers a panorama of sociolinguistic approaches towards linguistic landscapes, which enables researchers to conduct meaningful ...

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