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