Making waves : the story of variationist sociolinguistics / Sali A. Tagliamonte. [electronic resource] Tagliamonte, Sali, author. Sociolinguistics. Language and languages Variation. P40 306.44 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed September 17, 2015). Making Waves tells the human story of an academic field based on one-to-one interviews with 43 of the most famous scholars in Variationist Sociolinguistics. Explanations of concepts, ideas, good practice and sage advice come directly from the progenitors of the discipline. -An authentic, inside story about the origins of Sociolinguistics as Language Variation and Change, recording the context and spirit of sociolinguistics -Gives students access to the views on language variation of major sociolinguists such as Bill Labov and Peter Trudgill -Offers a human story of an academic field, and is written in the style of a novel, offering complete accessibility with minimal in-group terminology -Provides a timely audio archive of the reminiscences of the major Sociolinguists, including Labov, Fasold, Milroy, Trudgill, and Wolfram, with a companion website featuring 400 audio clips from the interviews. Visit the site at. 2015 Text 1 online resource. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118455494 eng