LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Sociolinguistic variation

- 12 December 2002

This article outlines the main methodological and theoretical issues within research on sociolinguistic variation. It covers the origins of the subject, data collection, quantification and the linguistic variable, correlations of social and linguistic variation and language change. It ends by considering recent social constructionist approaches to variation and change. A bibliography is included.

Phonological change

April McMahon - 13 November 2002

This article provides an overview of the issues involved in teaching sound change at undergraduate and graduate level.

Methodology of historical linguistics

April McMahon - 8 November 2002

The article addresses issues of good practice in teaching the methodology of historical linguistics (including reconstruction, classification, variation and change and corpus-based work) at undergraduate and graduate level.