Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 07:51:01 -0500

From: "Timothy C. Frazer" mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: variants: markers, indexes, stereotypes?



Somewhere, Labov classes variants in the following ways, tho my memory is

imperfect:

1. Those that are not perceived by the community but are detectable as

variants by objective oberservation.

2. Those that people respond to on something like a subjective reaction

test but can't describe (?)

3. Those that people are overtly aware of, and can, say, imitate.



I seem to recall that there are names for these: markers, indexes,

stereotypes?



I thought this was in Sociolinguistic Patterns, 1972, but I can't find it.

CAn anyone help to correct my imperfect memory and also tell me where to

find it? I need this today! I'll come back online this afternoon.



Tim Frazer