Research Interests
Current research is on the causes and principles governing linguistic change and diversity, through the study of change in progress in the speech community; the social and ethnic stratification of language, and the consequences for social mobility; and the application of linguistic knowledge to improve the teaching of reading and writing.
Membership Type
Emeritus
Election Year
1993
Primary Section
Section 52: Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Secondary Section
Section 51: Anthropology