Dialect diversity in America : the politics of language change / William Labov.
Series: Page-Barbour lecturesPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.Description: ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780813933269 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780813933276 (e-book)
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- PE2841 .L33 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
About language and language change -- A hidden consensus -- Hidden diversity -- The growing divergence of black and white English -- The politics of African American English -- Language change as local politics -- The political ideology of the northern cities shift -- Putting it all together -- Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.