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| Community Characteristics | 1 |
| Community Study | 1 |
| Community Surveys | 1 |
| Dialect Studies | 1 |
| Language Research | 1 |
| Language Variation | 1 |
| Research Methodology | 1 |
| Social Dialects | 1 |
| Social Stratification | 1 |
| Sociolinguistics | 1 |
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| Linguistics | 1 |
Author
| Wolck, Wolfgang | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWolck, Wolfgang – Linguistics, 1976
The shift from regional to social variation in linguistic behavior has necessitated inclusion of larger numbers of informants in studies. This paper examines some sampling techniques and discusses the structuring of a community profile representative of a target population and exhibiting necessary social variation for accurate dialect study. (CHK)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Study, Community Surveys, Dialect Studies
