Linguistics & Language · Sociolinguistics
Language Policy
A topic within Sociolinguistics, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
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- BookThe Social Stratification of English in New York CityWilliam Labov, 1966
Showed that variation in pronunciation is socially structured and measurable, and founded quantitative sociolinguistics doing it.