Downes' Language and Society

[Jesse T Sheidlower]

> Can somebody help (or hep, to reflect the correct pronunciation of this
> word, in which /l/ is not only vocalized but completely lost) me find the
> new edition of William Downes' Language and Society? It was originally
> published by Fontana in 1984, but I know there is a new edition, and i
> can't remember the publisher.

Cambridge University Press, 1998; hardcover ISBN 0521-45046-2 ($64.95),
paperback ISBN 0521-45663-0 ($24.95).

Best,

Jesse Sheidlower
<jester at panix.com>