Boix, Emili, 1956-2019-12-182019-12-1819980214-8188https://hdl.handle.net/2445/146874First, this paper describes the relations between stratification and social convencionalization in general, it also presents a view of society as a very appropiate ground for socilectal research. Second, after reviewing specific problems of the research mentioned above in the Catalan countries, four lines of related research are surveyed: (1) dialectal and phonological research (2) sociological research (3) literary and mass media research (4) prescriptive and lexicographic research Some aspects of sociolinguistic research are especially reviewed: the repertoire in Barcelona and some of their sociolects as it is the case of the 'xava.'28 p.application/pdfcat(c) Boix, Emili, 1956-, 1998LexicografiaDialectologiaMitjans de comunicació de massaLexicographyDialectologyMass mediainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1379972019-12-18info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess