35.38, Books: Conversations with Strangers: Labov (2023)

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Date: 30-Nov-2023
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: Conversations with Strangers: Labov (2023)


Title: Conversations with Strangers
Series Title: Elements in Sociolinguistics
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL: https://cambridge.org/9781009340939

author: William Labov
Abstract:

This Element documents the evolution of a research program that began
in the early 1960s with the author's first investigation of language
change on Martha's Vineyard. It traces the development of what has
become the basic framework for studying language variation and change.
Interviews with strangers are the backbone of this research: the ten
American English speakers appearing here were all strangers to the
interviewer at the time. They were selected as among the most
memorable, from thousands of interviews across six decades. The
speakers express their ideas and concerns in the language of everyday
life, dealing with their way of earning a living, getting along with
neighbors, raising a family – all  matters in which their language
serves them well. These people speak for themselves. And you will hear
their voices. What they have to say is a monument to the richness and
variety of the American vernacular, offering a tour of the studies
that have built the field of sociolinguistics.

By William Labov, With Gillian Sankoff

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English (eng)



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