An article co-written by this man, Weinreich, and Herzog discusses the concept of "orderly homogenei
An article co-written by this man, Weinreich, and Herzog discusses the concept of "orderly homogeneity" and examines the "transition" and "actuation" problems. He created the trichotomy of indicators, markers, and stereotypes, and claimed that different language styles can be measured by "attention paid to speech." This teacher of Gregory Guy and Penelope Eckert performed a study examining the usage of post-vocalic /r/ by asking clerks in New York City department stores to say the phrase "fourth floor." This co-author of The Atlas of North American English discovered a movement away from the standard New England pronunciations of [aw] and [ay] in his study of Martha's Vineyard. For 10 points, name this Penn professor and author of Principles of Linguistic Change, the founder of variationist sociolinguistics.
An article co-written by this man, Weinreich, and Herzog discusses the concept of "orderly homogeneity" and examines the "transition" and "actuation" problems.
William Labov