Sociolinguistics beyond social variables: the promotion of social justice
In this text, we review the lecture entitled Language as a linguistic matter, delivered by William Labov at Abralin Linguists Online event on May 19th, 2020. Labov discusses the contributions of the study on /r/ variation in New York City, and the description of African American Vernacular English (...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) |
| Repositório: | Revista da ABRALIN (Online) |
| Idioma: | português inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revista.abralin.org:article/1469 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revista.abralin.org/index.php/abralin/article/view/1469 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Variação linguística Sociolinguística Justiça social Linguistic variation Sociolinguistics Social Justice |
| Resumo: | In this text, we review the lecture entitled Language as a linguistic matter, delivered by William Labov at Abralin Linguists Online event on May 19th, 2020. Labov discusses the contributions of the study on /r/ variation in New York City, and the description of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) for sociolinguistic research. According to the lecturer, these works made it possible to develop new methods of description and quantitative analysis of linguistic and social factors in play in the processes of language variation and change. Labov argues that descriptive studies can be useful in the educational and legal spheres, promoting efficient language teaching and acting as a tool for the promotion of social justice. |
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