Ebook: The Handbook of Language Variation and Change

Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.

• A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its unrivalled scope and depth of analysis in this interdisciplinary field
• Includes seven new chapters, while the remainder have undergone thorough revision and updating to incorporate the latest research and reflect numerous developments in the field
• Accessibly structured by theme, covering topics including data collection and evaluation, linguistic structure, language and time, language contact, language domains, and social differentiation
• Brings together an experienced, international editorial and contributor team to provides an unrivalled learning, teaching and reference tool for researchers and students in sociolinguistics

Content:
Chapter 1 Entering the Community (pages 17–37): Crawford Feagin
Chapter 2 Data in the Study of Variation and Change (pages 38–56): Tyler Kendall
Chapter 3 Investigating Historical Variation and Change in Written Documents (pages 57–82): Edgar W. Schneider
Chapter 4 The Quantitative Paradigm (pages 83–107): Robert Bayley
Chapter 5 Sociophonetics (pages 108–127): Erik R. Thomas
Chapter 6 Comparative Sociolinguistics (pages 128–156): Sali A. Tagliamonte
Chapter 7 Language with an Attitude (pages 157–182): Dennis R. Preston
Chapter 8 Variation and Syntactic Theory (pages 183–202): Ralph W. Fasold
Chapter 9 Investigating Chain Shifts and Mergers (pages 203–219): Matthew J. Gordon
Chapter 10 Discourse Variation (pages 220–236): Ronald Macaulay
Chapter 11 Real Time and Apparent Time (pages 237–262): Patricia Cukor‐Avila and Guy Bailey
Chapter 12 Child Language Variation (pages 263–276): Julie Roberts
Chapter 13 Adolescence (pages 277–296): Sam Kirkham and Emma Moore
Chapter 14 Patterns of Variation including Change (pages 297–324): J.K. Chambers
Chapter 15 Investigating Stylistic Variation (pages 325–349): Natalie Schilling
Chapter 16 Social Class (pages 350–367): Sharon Ash
Chapter 17 Gender, Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Identities (pages 368–387): Robin Queen
Chapter 18 Ethnicity (pages 388–406): Carmen Fought
Chapter 19 Social Networks (pages 407–427): Lesley Milroy and Carmen Llamas
Chapter 20 Communities of Practice (pages 428–447): Miriam Meyerhoff and Anna Strycharz
Chapter 21 Constructing Identity (pages 448–468): Scott F. Kiesling
Chapter 22 Space, Diffusion and Mobility (pages 469–500): David Britain
Chapter 23 Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingualism (pages 501–518): Gillian Sankoff
Chapter 24 Koineization (pages 519–536): Paul Kerswill
Chapter 25 Supraregionalisation and Dissociation (pages 537–554): Raymond Hickey
Chapter 26 Community Commitment and Responsibility (pages 555–576): Walt Wolfram