William Labov is Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Part I. Problems and Methods of Analysis: 1. The study of language in its social context; 2. First approach to the structure of New York City English; 3. The social stratification of English in New York City department stores; 4. The isolation of contextual style; 5. The linguistic interview; 6. The survey of the lower east side; Part II. Social Differentiation: 7. Class differentiation of the variables; 8. Further analysis of the variables; 9. Distribution of the variables in apparent time; 10. Other linguistic variables; Part III. Social Evaluation: 11. Subjective evaluation of the variables; 12. Self-evaluation and linguistic security; 13. General attitudes towards the speech of New York City; Part IV. Synthesis: 14. The structure of the New York City vowel system.

William Labov is Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Part I. Problems and Methods of Analysis: 1. The study of language in its social context; 2. First approach to the structure of New York City English; 3. The social stratification of English in New York City department stores; 4. The isolation of contextual style; 5. The linguistic interview; 6. The survey of the lower east side; Part II. Social Differentiation: 7. Class differentiation of the variables; 8. Further analysis of the variables; 9. Distribution of the variables in apparent time; 10. Other linguistic variables; Part III. Social Evaluation: 11. Subjective evaluation of the variables; 12. Self-evaluation and linguistic security; 13. General attitudes towards the speech of New York City; Part IV. Synthesis: 14. The structure of the New York City vowel system.

William Labov is Professor of Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Part I. Problems and Methods of Analysis: 1. The study of language in its social context; 2. First approach to the structure of New York City English; 3. The social stratification of English in New York City department stores; 4. The isolation of contextual style; 5. The linguistic interview; 6. The survey of the lower east side; Part II. Social Differentiation: 7. Class differentiation of the variables; 8. Further analysis of the variables; 9. Distribution of the variables in apparent time; 10. Other linguistic variables; Part III. Social Evaluation: 11. Subjective evaluation of the variables; 12. Self-evaluation and linguistic security; 13. General attitudes towards the speech of New York City; Part IV. Synthesis: 14. The structure of the New York City vowel system.