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Acknowledgements; 1. Linguistics and sociolinguistics; 2. A tapestry inspace and time; 3. Language varieties: processes and problems; 4. Discoveringthe structure in variation; 5. Rhoticity; 6. At the intersection of socialfactors; 7. Change, meaning and acts of identity; 8. The discourse of sociallife; 9. Communication: words and world; 10. Action and critique; 11.Language and social explanation; Further reading; References; Index.