Where does the sociolinguistic variable stop
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7902309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatriz R Lavandera (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-182 |
| Publication date | 1978-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500005510 |
| OpenAlex | W2161071718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 188 |
| References cited | 4 |
In 1972 Labov described the basic sociolinguistic question as the one ‘posed by the need to understand why anyone says anything’ (1972:207). Clearly the aim is very different from that of specifying the form of a grammar that generates all and only the well-formed sentences of a language. The goal is a theory of utterances. Moreover, the ‘why’ question can also be read as ‘what for’. What does anyone say anything for? I think we can safely say that this question places sociolinguistic analysis in a functional framework. If sociolinguistics looks for answers to the ‘why’ of saying something, it is seeking functional explanations
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