{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-language-variation-and-change-isbn-9780470659946","title":"The Handbook of Language Variation and Change","description":"\u003cp\u003eReflecting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStudying Language Variation: An Informal Epistemology 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.K. Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Data Collection 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Entering the Community: Fieldwork 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrawford Feagin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Data in the Study of Variation and Change 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyler Kendall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Investigating Historical Variation and Change in Written Documents: New Perspectives 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdgar W. Schneider\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Evaluation 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Quantitative Paradigm 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Bayley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sociophonetics 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik R. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Comparative Sociolinguistics 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSali A. Tagliamonte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Language with an Attitude 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDennis R. Preston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Linguistic Structure 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Variation and Syntactic Theory 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph W. Fasold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Investigating Chain Shifts and Mergers 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew J. Gordon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Discourse Variation 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRonald Macaulay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Language and Time 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Real Time and Apparent Time 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Cukor-Avila and Guy Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Child Language Variation 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Adolescence 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSam Kirkham and Emma Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Patterns of Variation including Change 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ.K. Chambers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Social Differentiation 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Investigating Stylistic Variation 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalie Schilling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Social Class 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharon Ash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Gender, Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Identities 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobin Queen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ethnicity 388\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarmen Fought\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Domains 407\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Social Networks 409\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLesley Milroy and Carmen Llamas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Communities of Practice 428\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiriam Meyerhoff and Anna Strycharz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Constructing Identity 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott F. Kiesling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Contact 469\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Space, Diffusion and Mobility 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingualism 501\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGillian Sankoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Koineization 519\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Kerswill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Supraregionalisation and Dissociation 537\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaymond Hickey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII Sociolinguists and Their Communities 555\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Community Commitment and Responsibility 557\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalt Wolfram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript 577\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatalie Schilling and Jack Chambers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIndex 579\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This second edition of a handbook first published in 2002 under the same title is a rich and diversified volume, and a welcome update.”  \u003ci\u003e(.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e, 22 July 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. K. Chambers \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistic Theory: Linguistic Variation and its Social Significance, Revised Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eDialectology, Second Edition \u003c\/i\u003e(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,\u003ci\u003e Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis\u003c\/i\u003e (1998) and a volume on the bebop pianist Richard Twardzik (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalie Schilling\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican English: Dialects and Variation, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e (with W. Wolfram, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006), \u003ci\u003eSustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties\u003c\/i\u003e (with K. King, L. Fogle, J. J. Lou, and B. Soukup, 2008), and \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistic Fieldwork\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating the wealth of developments in this interdisciplinary and dynamic field over the last decade, this second edition ensures that the Handbook remains the authoritative reference volume on the study and analysis of language variation and change. Seven new chapters have been added, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to reflect advances and new perspectives in each topic covered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Handbook is accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, social differentiation, language contact, and language domains. Bringing together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team, it provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics. The volume is also a vital resource for scholars in related disciplines requiring a reliable overview of the central topics and methods in the study of language variation and change. This new edition offers a convenient and accessible repository of essential knowledge that demonstrates the continuing vitality of the discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This is an excellent handbook, providing a sophisticated, yet accessible treatment of a wide range of issues in variationist sociolinguistics. Anyone, from the curious beginner to the seasoned pro, will profit from consulting this book.” – \u003ci\u003eDon Chapman, Brigham Young University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990251552997,"sku":"NP9780470659946","price":229.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470659946.jpg?v=1761787069","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-language-variation-and-change-isbn-9780470659946","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}