The Social Stratification of English in New York City
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The Social Stratification of English in New York City is a landmark sociolinguistic study by William Labov that analyzes how social class and context shape patterns of English pronunciation in New York City.
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| The Social Stratification of English in New York City canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociolinguistic study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
linguistics
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sociology of language ⓘ |
| analyzes |
effects of social class on pronunciation
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effects of style and context on speech ⓘ patterns of linguistic change in progress ⓘ social evaluation of linguistic variants ⓘ |
| author | William Labov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conclusion |
linguistic variables can index social identity
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linguistic variation is systematically related to social structure ⓘ prestige forms correlate with higher social classes ⓘ speakers shift styles according to social context ⓘ |
| describes |
class-based differences in vowel pronunciation
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patterns of hypercorrection in middle-class speech ⓘ relationship between careful speech and prestige variants ⓘ social distribution of postvocalic r in New York City ⓘ |
| field |
sociolinguistics
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variationist sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
New York City English
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consonant variation ⓘ linguistic variables ⓘ postvocalic r ⓘ social class differences in speech ⓘ urban speech community ⓘ vowel quality ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
methods of linguistic data collection
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research on language and social class ⓘ research on style and register ⓘ sociolinguistic theory ⓘ urban dialectology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
English pronunciation in New York City
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relationship between social class and linguistic variation ⓘ social stratification of language ⓘ sociolinguistic methodology ⓘ style shifting in speech ⓘ |
| methodology |
correlation of linguistic features with social categories
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quantitative analysis of linguistic variables ⓘ rapid and anonymous observations ⓘ sociolinguistic interviews ⓘ |
| notableFor |
demonstrating structured heterogeneity in language
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establishing quantitative methods in sociolinguistics ⓘ influencing later variationist research ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City ⓘ |
| timePeriodStudied | mid-20th century New York City ⓘ |
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