The Handbook of Language Variation and Change

The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits. It is a convenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change. * Written by internationally recognized experts in the field. * Reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline. * Discusses the ideas that drive the field and is illustrated with empirical studies. * Includes explanatory introductions which set out the boundaries of the field and place each of the chapters into perspective.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors. Introduction. Studying Language Variation: An Informal Epistemology: J.K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada). Part I: Methodologies:. Field Methods:. Introduction: Natalie Schilling-Estes (Georgetown University, USA). 1. Entering the Community: Field Work: Crawford Feagin (University of Zurich, Switzerland). 2. Language with an Attitude: Dennis Preston (Michigan State University, USA). 3. Investigating Variation and Change in Written Documents: Edgar W. Schneider (University of Regensburg, Germany). 4. Inferring Variation and Change from Public Corpora: Laurie Bauer (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ). Evaluation:. Introduction: J.K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada). 5. The Quantitative Paradigm: Robert Bayley (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA). 6. Implicational Scales: John R. Rickford (Stanford University, USA). 7. Instrumental Phonetics: Erik R. Thomas (North Carolina State University, USA). Part II: Linguistic Structure:. Introduction: Natalie Schilling-Estes (Georgetown University, USA). 8. Variation and Phonological Theory: Arto Anttila (Boston University/National University of Singapore). 9. Investigating Chain Shifts and Mergers: Matthew Gordon (University of Missouri at Columbia, USA). 10. Variation and Syntactic Theory: Alison Henry (Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland). 11. Discourse Variation: Ronald Macaulay (Pitzer College, USA). Part III: Social Factors:. Time:. Introduction: Natalie Schilling-Estes (Georgetown University, USA). 12. Real and Apparent Time: Guy Bailey (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA). 13. Child Language Variation: Julie Roberts (University of Vermont, USA). 14. Patterns of Variation, Including Change: J.K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada). Social Differentiation:. Introduction: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). 15. Investigating Stylistic Variation: Natalie Schilling-Estes (Georgetown University, USA). 16. Social Class: Sharon Ash (University of Pennsylvania, USA). 17. Sex and Gender in Variationist Research: Jenny Cheshire (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, England). 18. Ethnicity: Carmen Fought (Pitzer College, USA). Domains:. Introduction: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). 19. Language and Identity: Norma Mendoza-Denton (University of Arizona, USA). 20. The Family: Kirk Hazen (West Virginia University, USA). 21. Communities of Practice: Miriam Meyerhoff (University of Edinburgh, Scotland). 22. Social Networks: Lesley Milroy (University of Michigan, USA). 23. The Speech Community: Peter L. Patrick (Essex University, England). Part IV: Contact:. Introduction: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). 24. Space and Spatial Diffusion: David Britain (Essex University, England). 25. Linguistic Outcomes of Language Contact: Gillian Sankoff (University of Pennsylvania, USA). 26. Koineization and Accommodation: Paul Kerswill (Reading University, England). Part V: Language and Societies:. Introduction: J.K. Chambers (University of Toronto, Canada). 27. Linguistic and Social Typology: Peter Trudgill (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). 28. Comparative Sociolinguistics: Sali Tagliamonte (University of York, England). 29. Language Death and Dying: Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University, USA). Index.