The Handbook of Language Variation and Change

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The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, written by adistinguished international roster of contributors, reflects thevitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits.It is a convenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledgeabout the study of language variation and change. * * Written by internationally recognized experts in thefield. * Reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline. * Discusses the ideas that drive the field and is illustratedwith empirical studies. * Includes explanatory introductions which set out the boundariesof the field and place each of the chapters into perspective.

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J. K. Chambers

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"This is an addition to the invaluable'Handbook' series from Blackwell and will be anessential purchase for anyone wishing to inform themselves aboutlanguage variation and change ... Each chapter is aninteresting read in its own right, and it really can be read fromcover to cover ... It's a real achievement to maintain thislevel of excellence in a collection." British Associationof Applied Linguistics "The Handbook of Language Variation and Change is aconvenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledge aboutthe study of language variation and change. This Handbookallows the next generation of academics to perpetuate all of thesefields of study and explore them with the kind of depthunimaginable to their predecessors." Folia Linguistica "The Handbook of Language Variation and Change is along-awaited volume which aims to provide a comprehensive overviewof the 'socio-linguistic enterprise ... in its multifacetedpursuits'. This is indeed a challenge, but one that the volumethoroughly meets: it is an authoritative guide, which provides anexcellent contribution to the diverse field of variationiststudies." Journal of Linguistics "Languages do not exist but in space and time. Their variabilityis what allows them to function as means of communication andsocial interaction. The present Handbook presents an up-to-date andin-depth account of how to study this aspect of language which isat the interface of historical linguistics, dialectology, andsociolinguistics. The editors and contributing authors are amongthe most prolific scholars in the field. Their collective effortshows us how the versatility of 'real' situated speech can be madean object of rigorous scientific investigation and what can belearned from it about language and society." Florian Coulmas,Gerhard Mercator University "At last we have an authoritative place to go to discover theimpressive accomplishments of the research on linguistic variationand change over the past forty years and to get a glimpse of thefuture. The editors of this Handbook have put together an excellentsurvey of what variationists do, produced by an admirablecombination of scholars who helped found the field along withlinguists from the next generation. This is an excellent volume.Buy it!" Ralph Fasold, Georgetown University
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