The Handbook of Language Variation and Change
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Reflecting numerous developments over the last ten years in the study of language change and variation, the second edition of this acclaimed Handbook ensures it will remain the authoritative reference for researchers in this vital field of linguistics. Seven new chapters have been added, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating, and the material has been arranged thematically for convenience. With contributions from a wealth of distinguished researchers, this volume provides a reliable and up-to-date overview of the central topics and methods in language variation and…mehr

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Reflecting numerous developments over the last ten years in the study of language change and variation, the second edition of this acclaimed Handbook ensures it will remain the authoritative reference for researchers in this vital field of linguistics. Seven new chapters have been added, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating, and the material has been arranged thematically for convenience. With contributions from a wealth of distinguished researchers, this volume provides a reliable and up-to-date overview of the central topics and methods in language variation and change.
Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.

A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field
Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation
Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics
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Autorenporträt
J. K. Chambers is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Sociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and its Social Significance, Revised Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and Dialectology, Second Edition (with P. Trudgill, 1998), as well as numerous other books and scores of articles. He works extensively as a forensic consultant and maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism, having published a prize-winning biography of Miles Davis, Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (1998) and a volume on the bebop pianist Richard Twardzik (2008). Natalie Schilling is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of American English: Dialects and Variation, Second Edition (with W. Wolfram, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006), Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties (with K. King, L. Fogle, J. J. Lou, and B. Soukup, 2008), and Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (2013). An expert in language variation and change in American English, she conducts workshops on sociolinguistics and education, as well as forensic linguistics, and is a noted consultant in both these fields.