Linguistic change, social network and speaker innovation

Milroy, James; Milroy, Lesley

doi:10.1017/s0022226700010306

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Linguistic change, social network and speaker innovation

Published in Journal of Linguistics • Sep 1, 1985

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James Milroy

Lesley Milroy

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the social mechanisms of linguistic change, and we begin by noting the distinction drawn by Bynon (1977) between two quite different approaches to the study of linguistic change. The first and more idealized, associated initially with traditional nineteenth century histo...

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Linguistic change

Linguistics

Language change

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