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A speech community, to Labov, comprises a set of features

which when considered in the aggregate distinguish it from any

other community. Although any of the features taken singly may

be shared with other speech communities, when all traits of one

community are considered together they are unique.

--{<[LINK]> compare to others conceptions of a speech community--

Hymes, Gumperz, Taboret-Keller, Hudson, Jackendoff template of

substance--indiv--grp--agg}