Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London
Summary. This paper examines how linguistic innovation spreads through London's communities, showing that ethnicity, friendship networks, and social practices drive dialect change. The authors analyze how these social factors shape language variation and innovation among different groups, revealing the mechanisms through which new linguistic features emerge and propagate through social networks.
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Cheshire, J., Fox, S., Kerswill, P., & Torgersen, E.. (2008). Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London. Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783484605299.1
Cheshire, Jenny, et al. “Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London.” Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783484605299.1.
Cheshire, Jenny, Sue Fox, Paul Kerswill, and Eivind Torgersen. 2008. “Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London.” Sociolinguistica - International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics / Internationales Jahrbuch für europäische Soziolinguistik. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783484605299.1.
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- 10.1515/9783484605299.1
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- United Kingdom
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- Europe
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- innovation-networks, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28