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Dialectology

Dialectology is a subdiscipline of linguistics that investigates systematic variation in language across geographic regions, social groups, and temporal periods through analysis of differences in phonology, grammar, and lexicon.

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6.4K

The Social Stratification of English in New York City.

Harry J. Crockett, William Labov · American Sociological Review · 1968 · 3.1K citations

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Language in the inner city: studies in the Black English Vernacular. By William Labov. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. Pp. xxiv, 412. $6.95.

Robbins Burling · Language · 1975 · 3K citations

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<b>English with an accent:</b> Language ideology and discrimination in the United States. By Rosina Lippi-Green. London &amp; New York: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xviii, 286.

Walt Wolfram · Language · 1999 · 1.5K citations

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Reversing Language Shift: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages

James J. Kohn, Joshua A. Fishman · Modern Language Journal · 1992 · 1.5K citations

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Sex, covert prestige and linguistic change in the urban British English of Norwich

Peter Trudgill · Language in Society · 1972 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Authors

7.3K

  1. NH
    Nizar Habash

    Columbia University, United States

    30 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. WW
    Walt Wolfram

    North Carolina State University, United States

    34 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. SA
    Sali A. Tagliamonte

    University of Toronto, Canada

    28 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. JN
    John Nerbonne

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    32 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. PT
    Peter Trudgill

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    27 publications · 4K citations

    21

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  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    98 publications

    6.3K citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    35 h-index

    93 publications

    6.1K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    30 h-index

    67 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    60 publications

    4K citations

  5. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    27 h-index

    49 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    26 h-index

    64 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    64 publications

    3.2K citations

  8. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    37 publications

    2.1K citations

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  1. Language

    297 publications · 32.6K citations

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  2. Language Variation and Change

    133 publications · 10.6K citations

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  3. American Speech

    219 publications · 9.5K citations

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  4. Language in Society

    84 publications · 11.1K citations

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Dialectology

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