Introduction 3
CHAPTER I: SOCIOPHONETIC PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE VARIATION 7
1.1. Sociophonetic perspectives 7
1.2 Setting the stage: variationism and sociolinguistics 9
1.3 Patterns of sociophonetic variation 12
1.4 Problematic sociophonetics 20
CHAPTER II: DIALECTOLOGY 22
2.1. Defining the domains of variability 22
2.2. Methods of analysis and results 22
Conclusion 27
Bibliography 30