Maps
Figures
Tables
Preface to the second edition
The international phonetic alphabet
1 Dialect and language
2 Dialect geography
3 Dialectology and linuistics
4 Urban dialectology
5 Social differentiation and language
6 Sociolinguistic structure and linguistic innovation
7 Boundaries
8 Transitions
9 Variability
10 Diffusion:sociolinguistic and lexical
11 Diffusion:geographical
12 Cohesion in dialectology
References
Index