The time-honoured study of dialects took a new turn some forty years ago, giving centre stage to social factors and the quantitative analysis of language variat

This collection identifies the main theoretical and methodological issues currently preoccupying researchers in social dialectology, drawing not only on variati

This book is the first monograph-length account on written questionnaires in more than 60 years. It reconnects - for the newcomer and the more seasoned empirica

As a comprehensive account of all aspects of dialectology this updated edition makes an ideal introduction to the subject.

Methods of linguistic data collection are among the most central aspects in empirical linguistics. While written questionnaires have only played a minor role in