Table of Contents

List of maps; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Norwich; 2. The sample; 3. Social indices; 4. Social context and the questionnaire 5. The social differentiation of a grammatical feature; 6. The phonological variables; 7. The co-variation of the phonological variables with sociological parameters; 8. The Norwich diasystem; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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This 1979 volume was the first to apply the principles of social linguistics within a British urban community, specifically Norwich.