@article{article_313060, title={Milroy’s Social Network Theory - A Critical Account}, journal={Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={6}, pages={56–66}, year={1995}, url={https://izlik.org/JA53GA55JN}, author={Türker, Emel}, keywords={social network theory,toplumdilbilim}, abstract={<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;background-color:rgb(251,251,243);"> <font color="#111111" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="font-size:11.2px;">The main concern of this paper is a presentation and criticism of Social  </span> </font> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Network theory w hich has been vvidely used by James and especially Lesley Milroy  </span> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in linguistic variation studies. Before explaining Social Network theory, I would  </span> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like to give some background information about the theory which emerged from  </span> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">previous works. In order to do that we should refer first to Labov’s studies. After  </span> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this outline, I will explain what Social Network theory is and how it is put to use  </span> <span style="font-size:11.2px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Jam es and Lesley Milroy in their Belfast research. </span> </p>}