Download or read book Investigating Variation written by Nancy C. Dorian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy C. Dorian's examination of the fisherfolk Gaelic spoken in a Highland Scottish village offers a number of explanations for delayed recognition of linguistic variation unrelated to social class or other social sub-groups.