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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2021
      August 2021
      ISBN:
      9781108578684
      9781108471626
      9781108458061
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108578684
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.704kg, 406 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.6kg, 406 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, Language and Linguistics
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    The 'third wave' of variation study, spearheaded by the sociolinguist Penelope Eckert, places its focus on social meaning, or the inferences that can be drawn about speakers based on how they talk. While social meaning has always been a concern of modern sociolinguistics, its aims and assumptions have not been explicitly spelled out until now. This pioneering book provides a comprehensive overview of the central tenets of variation study, examining several components of dialects, and considering language use in a wide variety of cultural and linguistic contexts. Each chapter, written by a leader in the field, posits a unique theoretical claim about social meaning and presents new empirical data to shed light on the topic at hand. The volume makes a case for why attending to social meaning is vital to the study of variation while also providing a foundation from which variationists can productively engage with social meaning.

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    ‘… this is an excellent volume of data-driven research that helps answer cutting-edge questions relating to social meaning, which should inspire a new generation of sociolinguists to advance our understanding of the topic in the future.’

    Roy Alderton Source: Language in Society

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