Dialects are constantly changing, and due to increased mobility in more recent years, European dialects have 'levelled', making it difficult to distinguish a na

The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect

Much theorizing in language change research is made without taking into account dialect data. Yet, dialects seem to be superior data to build a theory of lingui

This volume explores the linguistic complexities and critical issues of the Midland dialect area of the USA, and contains a unique data-based set of investigati

This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.