The locus of language: metatheoretical reflections on the notion of language as a social fact in William Labov
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William Labov, Language, Social Fact, Speech Community, IndividualAbstract
This article deals with the notion of language as a social fact and its reworking undertaken by William Labov. Adopting an antireductionist posture, Labov considers it unnecessary to rely on the psychoindividual bases to explain the phenomenon of linguistic change. He resorts, thus, to the concept of speech community as the legitimate locus of language. Such attitude allows the emergence of certain theoretical and methodological inconsistencies.
KEYWORDS: William Labov. Language. Social Fact. Speech Community. Individual.
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