{"product_id":"observing-and-analysing-natural-language-a-critical-account-of-sociolinguistic-method-paperback-softback-9780631136231","title":"Observing and Analysing Natural Language; A Critical Account of Sociolinguistic Method (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631136231","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eObserving and Analysing Natural Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Account of Sociolinguistic Method\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLesley Milroy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631136231, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 August 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.2 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An impressive book by any standards, and is likely to take its place as a \"classic\" of sociolinguistics.\" \u003ci\u003eR.A. Hudson, Journal of Linguistics \u003c\/i\u003e(of the first edition)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSocial networks -- those informal and formal social relationships of which any human society is composed -- are distinguished by their own patters of language use. Lesley Milroy is concerned with the manner in which patterns of linguisitic variation characterize particular groups (social and cultural, geographic, male and female) within a complex urban community.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Language, Class and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Obtaining Data in the Speech Community: Major Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Studying Language in teh Community: The Fieldworker and the Social Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Social Context of Speech Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Quantitative Analysis of Linguistic Data.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Language of the Individual Speaker: Patterns of Variation and Network Structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Conclusions and Theoretical Implications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316760342808,"sku":"9780631136231","price":37.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631136231.jpg?v=1781824014","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/observing-and-analysing-natural-language-a-critical-account-of-sociolinguistic-method-paperback-softback-9780631136231","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}