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SUMMARY:The Life History of a Sound Change - Professor William Labov (Univ
 ersity of Pennsylvania)
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CONTACT:Bert Vaux
DESCRIPTION:The study of language changes in progress makes it possible to
  trace the trajectory of change in some detail.  Progress has been made in
  locating the triggering events that initiate change\;  identifying the dr
 iving forces that move change forward\;  and accounting for the rising lev
 els of change that ultimately lead to a uniform structure of the speech co
 mmunity. The cases studied will include the series of chain shifts respons
 ible for the growing diversity of North American dialects\, as reflected i
 n the newly completed Atlas of North American English.
LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Avenue
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