TY - JOUR TT - Milroy's Social Network Theory - A Critical Account AU - Türker, Emel PY - 1995 DA - January JF - Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi JO - JLR PB - Dilbilim Derneği WT - DergiPark SN - 1300-8552 SP - 56 EP - 66 VL - 6 KW - social network theory KW - toplumdilbilim N2 - The main concern of this paper is a presentation and criticism of SocialNetwork theory w hich has been vvidely used by James and especially Lesley Milroyin linguistic variation studies. Before explaining Social Network theory, I wouldlike to give some background information about the theory which emerged fromprevious works. In order to do that we should refer first to Labov's studies. Afterthis outline, I will explain what Social Network theory is and how it is put to useby Jam es and Lesley Milroy in their Belfast research. CR - Doğan Aksan, Her Yönüyle Dil, Ankara, TDK, 1979, s.l 1-13. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/dad/article/313060 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/303115 ER -