Letter Writing and Language Change outlines the historical
sociolinguistic value of letter analysis, both in theory and
practice. The chapters in this volume make use of insights from all
three 'Waves of Variation Studies', and many of them, either
implicitly or explicitly, look at specific aspects of the language
of the letter writers in an effort to discover how those writers
position themselves and how they attempt, consciously or
unconsciously, to construct social identities. The letters are
largely from people in the lower strata of social structure, either
to addressees of the same social status or of a higher status. In
this sense the question of the use of 'standard' and/or
'nonstandard' varieties of English is in the forefront of the
contributors' interest. Ultimately, the studies challenge the
assumption that there is only one 'legitimate' and homogenous form
of English or of any other language.
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