Are there any sites where I can read dissertations on sociolinguistic on-line for free?
Why do we assume plagiarism? Reading dissertations is a great way to research. Many of these dissertations are cutting edge work. If academics don’t keep up to date with such things, academia begins to stagnate [kind of like it is at the moment]. You could check University websites – you may come across good online publications or links there. Checkout the following link to academic papers on Sociolinguistics – http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=soci… You’ll have to search through them but I am sure you will find quite a few useful PDFs amongst them.
