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Socio-historical linguistics and the history of French

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2001

Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Affiliation:
Queens' College, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

This paper outlines the development of socio-historical studies of French and examines some of the problems with attempting to apply sociolinguistic methods and models of the type derived from Labov's work to the study of a past état de langue. It is argued that, despite the many difficulties both of data collection and of analysis and interpretation, the study of past variation is essential.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of French Language Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , September 2001 , pp. 159 - 177
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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