Talk:Change from above
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Hello. Here are some ideas for your consideration on what I could add to improve the Change From Above article:
- definition or definitions
- origin of theory or theories (history)
- specific examples
- key players
- Further examine references already used in stub:
Ash, Sharon. "Social Class."" The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, 402-422. Malden, Mass: Blackwell. Labov, William. "Transmission and Diffusion." Language.Volume 83, Number 2, June 2007, 344-387. Linguistic Society of America.
Also, here are a few more possible sources to explore:
- Crystal, David. Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/alaskauniv-ebooks/detail.action?docID=416399.
- D'ARCY, ALEXANDRA, and SALI A. TAGLIAMONTE. “Prestige, Accommodation, and the Legacy of Relative Who.” Language in Society, vol. 39, no. 3, 2010, pp. 383–410. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40606159.
- Coupland, N. (2016), Labov, vernacularity and sociolinguistic change. J Sociolinguistics, 20: 409–430. doi:10.1111/josl.12191
- Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. : Oxford University Press, 2007. Oxford Reference. 2007. Date Accessed 8 Oct. 2017 <http://www.oxfordreference.com.sled.idm.oclc.org/view/10.1093/acref/9780199202720.001.0001/acref-9780199202720>.
- Motives for Language Change, edited by Raymond Hickey, Cambridge University Press, 2003. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/alaskauniv-ebooks/detail.action?docID=201813.