<b>New ways of analyzing sound change</b> . Edited by Penelope Eckert. (Quantitative analyses of linguistic structure, 5.) San Diego: Academic Press, 1991. Pp. xiii, 278. Cloth $95.00.

Abstract

The three dialects of English, W. Labov a test for mixed rules, D. Sankoff and P. Rousseau the development of ME i in England - a study in dynamic dialectology, M. Ogura, W. S. -Y. Wang and L. L. Cavalli-Sforza the socio-politics of literacy - new methods in old English dialectology, T. Toon changing realizations of A in (a)tion in relation to the front a back a opposition in Quebec French, W. Kemp and M. Yaeger-Dror burnouts vs. rednecks- the effects of group membership on the phonemic system, T. Habick social polarization and the choice of linguistic variants, P. Eckert the impact of the Ozark drawl - its role in the shift of the diphthong /ey/, C. C. Mock ethnic boundaries in linguistic variation, R. Knack.