Labov, William.
Charlottesville London : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
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Part of the series Page-Barbour lectures for 2009;Page-Barbour lectures 2009.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 157]-164) and index.
• About language and language change — A hidden consensus — Hidden diversity — The growing divergence of black and white English — The politics of African American English — Language change as local politics — The political ideology of the northern cities shift — Putting it all together — Appendix: Summary statement on African American vernacular English.

Subjects:

• English language — Dialects — United States.
• English language — Variation — United States.
• English language — Social aspects — United States.
• English language — Political aspects — United States.
• Linguistic change — United States.
• African Americans — Languages.
• Black English.
• Sociolinguistics.

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