MOBILITY VERSUS SOCIAL CLASS IN DIALECT LEVELLING: EVIDENCE FROM NEW AND OLD TOWNS IN ENGLAND

Paul E. Kerswill · Ann Williams

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Tlzis article takes as irs poii~t of'deparrure tlze Milroys' model of'class atzd social neritjork, it1 ir~llicli rhere is LI c .c ~r ~~p l ~~~~e i ~t a ~Y t ~ hrtlilern class mzd nemnrk: tnorr tnobile indii~iduals rrnd ro hr iriiddlr, not iinrking class.Wr e.~aminr darcr .suggrstirzgthat, in,fact, social class and social iletitlork srrucrurr are independrnt, nor neces.rarilyconzplernenrar?facror.~.We do rhis b~ comp~rriilg data,fi.ornLI '~pic.01'loii8-rnohili~, loiii-statu.~group in a ii~ell-estahlislled Engli.shroitn, Reading.with dara j?om a high-mobilih, but loir:-starus group in ati English 'Neiv Toivn', Milton K u y r s .Sociolinguisric parrrrns slzo~i.that, as e.rpecred, rhr high-mohilih Miltotz Kqnes g/-oup use a more levelled ini.ieq tll~ln [he low-mohilih Readirlg group, hut rllat rlre Milrorz Keynes group nei~eriheless remains strongb non-sfandard and non-Receiijed Pronunciarion in its speecl~.(h-o!I i,o~~tl~v: .sciciolitigrri.v~ic..s..socio1c.ltr.s,s, .socicrlile~ii~ork..socio/triltl ~qeoCq~~ciphiccil i ~l o h i l i ~~) .Eti e.vrc, ii.trbr~jo se /7cii./et / ~> 1 1110tle10 c/c] c1~1se.sj' redes .soc.iolcs e.sruhlec.itk)poi..J~rnle.s L~,.slq..\íili.c!i.,i.SL, cii~>.v/ioiiti/ti C O I I I ~I C I I I C ~~I ~I I ~~~~~I ~I de errnho.vfirc/oi.e.s.ell el .sen/idocle cílie 10,s hnhkiii/e.sc>on t~rc!i.oi.iiioiYlitlrid no .S~IL>IPII pri.rrnecri.ii 1o.v c1tr.ve.v ti.uht~judo,ws..sino a ki clir.sei~i~~dici..Yiit~.s/i.o~.s~rrdio .srigi~~i.e~I I L , Iov do.^ ,f¿i~./oi.e.s /c.lose socio1 !, rrtl .so~.iol) /IIIL>L~L,II .se/,Tliis ai-LicIe oi-i-iiinll!preseiited ai ri \\orksliop oipaiiiscd h' tlie f~iropeaii Seiciice Fo~iiidaiion Net\\oik oii T11c.('o17i~er:qi~r7i~~ trllti Uii.c~/;qc,rli~c~ of UWli~i~fs ir! LI 'li~rilgi~i~ L:'lrl.opc.

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