The main concern of this paper is a presentation and criticism of Social Network theory w hich has been vvidely used by James and especially Lesley Milroy in linguistic variation studies. Before explaining Social Network theory, I would like to give some background information about the theory which emerged from previous works. In order to do that we should refer first to Labov's studies. After this outline, I will explain what Social Network theory is and how it is put to use by Jam es and Lesley Milroy in their Belfast research.
Journal Section | Toplumdilbilim Özel Bölümü |
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Publication Date | January 1, 1995 |
Published in Issue | Year 1995Dilbilim Araştırmaları 1995 |
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Journal DOI: 10.18492/dad