Making waves : the story of variationist sociolinguistics /

Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one-to-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Sociolinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline.-An authentic, inside story...

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Main Author: Tagliamonte, Sali (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, [2015]
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505 0 |a Where It Begins -- Synchronicity and Sociolinguistics -- A Crescendo of Research -- Roots of Variationist Thinking -- Sociolinguistics in the Street -- Why Statistics in Your Head -- Sociolinguistics From the Heart -- Branching Out; Bursting at the Seams -- Why Do You Like Variation? -- Launching the Future -- Afterword -- Appendix A List of Interviews -- Appendix B VSLX Family Tree. 
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