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is not defined by any marked agreement in the use of language elements so much as by participation in a set of shared norms.

Labov (1972:120-1): 'The speech community is not defined by any marked agreement in the use of language elements, so much as by participation in a set of shared norms. These norms may be observed in overt types of evaluative behavior, and by the uniformity of abstract patterns of variation which are invariant in respect to particular levels of usage.

William Labov

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