Linguistic Change and Diffusion: Description and Explanation in Sociolinguistic Dialect Geography.

Trudgill, Peter

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Publication Date: 1974

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Linguistic Change and Diffusion: Description and Explanation in Sociolinguistic Dialect Geography

Trudgill, Peter

Language in Society, 3, 2, 215-246, Oct 74

It is argued that findings and techniques from both sociolinguistics and theoretical geography can aid in improving descriptions of geographical variation in language. Social and spatial characteristics of language change may thereby be better explained. (CK)

Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, English, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Maps, Norwegian, Regional Dialects, Sociolinguistics

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