The potential of sociolinguistic impact: Lessons from the first 50 years.

Along with its focus on foundational research, one of the enduring concerns of variationist sociolinguistics over the past half‐century has been a tradition of application and engagement. As research paradigms have developed in variation studies, so have traditions of engagement with issues of socia...

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Published in:	Language & Linguistics Compass Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 1 - 16
Main Author:	Wolfram, Walt
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul/Aug2023
Subjects:	Sociolinguistics Language ability testing Variation in language Institutional racism Language awareness Delay of gratification Virtual museums
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost