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Social Dialect Variation

Social Dialect Variation is a linguistic phenomenon characterized by systematic differences in language use that correlate with sociodemographic factors such as class, ethnicity, or gender, distinguishing it from regional dialect variation by its grounding in social structure rather than geographic location.

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<b>The social differentiation of English in Norwich</b> . By Peter Trudgill. (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 13.) Cambridge: University Press, 1974. Pp. x, 211. $14.50.

Ronald K. S. Macaulay · Language · 1976 · 878 citations

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Language and masculinity

Bettina Baron · Journal of Pragmatics · 1998 · 459 citations

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Ethnolinguistic repertoire: Shifting the analytic focus in language and ethnicity<sup>1</sup>

Sarah Bunin Benor · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2010 · 350 citations

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Toward a theory of social dialect variation

Anthony Kroch · Language in Society · 1978 · 224 citations

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Language variation on Internet Relay Chat: A social network approach

John C. Paolillo · Journal of Sociolinguistics · 2001 · 168 citations

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Authors

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  1. DC
    David Corson

    Institute for Christian Studies, Canada

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  2. JA
    James A. Walker

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 76 citations

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  3. EJ
    Ellen Johnson

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. RK
    Ronald K. S. Macaulay

    Pitzer College, United States

    2 publications · 907 citations

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  5. PK
    Paul Kerswill

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 194 citations

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Institutions

63

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    330 citations

  3. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    139 citations

  4. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  5. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    245 citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    62 citations

  7. Center for Applied Linguistics

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    134 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  1. Language in Society

    7 publications · 533 citations

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  2. Language Variation and Change

    6 publications · 304 citations

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  3. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    5 publications · 713 citations

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  4. Language

    3 publications · 940 citations

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  5. Australian Journal of Linguistics

    1 publications · 32 citations

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