Chapter 3. The research area

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Foreword XIII
4. Symbols and abbreviations XVII
5. Part I. Models
6. Chapter 1. A sociolinguistic model and three hypotheses 3
7. Chapter 2. The phonological model 25
8. Part II. Setting, methods and linguistic variables
9. Chapter 3. The research area 59
10. Chapter 4. Methodological aspects 83
11. Chapter 5. The linguistic variables 125
12. Part III. Findings. The broader approach
13. Chapter 6. Quantitative analyses for each single linguistic variable 187
14. Chapter 7. Dialect levelling and structural dependence between linguistic variables 237
15. Part IV. The deeper approach
16. Chapter 8. Selection and analysis of the linguistic variables in the spontaneous data 259
17. Chapter 9. Findings for the in-group conversations 289
18. Chapter 10. Findings for the out-group conversations 315
19. Chapter 11. Dialect levelling and accommodation: testing the third hypothesis 331
20. Part V. Sizing up and looking ahead
21. Chapter 12. Discussion and some issues for further research 361
22. Appendix 389
23. References 393
24. Subject index 409