Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, And Applications

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Introduction Robert Bayley and Ceil Lucas Part I. Theories: 1. Variation and phonological theory Gregory R. Guy 2. Variation and syntactic theory Lisa Green 3. The psycholinguistic unity of inherent variability: old Occam whips out his razor Ralph W. Fasold and Dennis R. Preston 4. The study of variation in historical perspective Kirk Hazen 5. Style in dialogue: Bakhtin and sociolinguistic theory Allan Bell 6. Variation and historical linguistics Michael Montgomery 7. Second language acquisition: a variationist perspective Robert Bayley 8. Variation and modality Ceil Lucas Part II. Methods: 9. Fieldwork Natalie Schilling-Estes 10. Quantitative analysis Sali A. Tagliamonte 11. Sociophonetics Erik R. Thomas Part III. Applications: 12. Sociolinguistic variation and education Carolyn Temple Adger and Donna Christian 13. Lessons learned from the Ebonics controversy: implications for language assessment Anna F. Vaughn-Cooke 14. Variation and versatility in the classroom: contrastive analysis revisited Angela E. Rickford and John R. Rickford 15. Social-political influences on research practices: examining language acquisition by African American children Ida J. Stockman 16. Sociolinguistic variation and the law Ronald R. Butters 17. Attitudes towards variation and ear-witness testimony John Baugh Afterword Roger W. Shuy.

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