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Why does human language vary from one person, or one group, to another? In what ways does it vary? How do linguists go about studying variation in, say, the sound system or the sentence structure of a particular language? Why is the study of language variation important outside the academic world, in say education, the law, employment or housing? This book provides an overview of these questions, bringing together a team of experts to survey key areas within the study of language variation and language change. Covering both the range of methods used to research variation in language, and the applications of such research to a variety of social contexts, it is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication, linguistic anthropology and applied linguistics.

Sociolinguistics --- Dialectology --- Language and languages --- Variation --- Sociolinguistics. --- Variation. --- Sociolinguïstiek --- Taalvarianten --- Taalverandering --- Sociolinguïstiek. --- Taalvarianten. --- Taalverandering. --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Variation linguistique --- Language and languages - Variation --- Sociolinguistique