What makes a speech community? How do they evolve? Speech communities are central to our understanding of how language and interactions occur in society. In thi
This volume offers a synthetic approach to language variation and language ideologies in multilingual communities. Although the vast majority of the world s spe
This collection of essays presents a picture of research on women and language in Britain. The contributors cover a range of British speech communities, linguis
Sociophonetics focuses on the relationship between phonetic or phonological form on the one hand, and social and regional factors on the other, working across f
This collection of essays presents a picture of research on women and language in Britain. The contributors cover a range of British speech communities, linguis