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Seattle, Washington 98195

The goal of Penelope Eckert's research is to understand the social meaning of linguistic variation. In order to do this, she has pursued sociolinguistic work in the context of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork, focusing on the relation between variation, linguistic style, social identity and social practice.

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