I did a research case study last year on lexical variation in American Sign Language, as it occurs within three generations of one family.
I found Hazen's chapter extremely helpful as a resource about family as a social variable.
I also found a dissertation by J. Hurford (1967 - ?), in which he did a family case study on Cockney. He interviewed family members from 3 generation groups in East London.
Hazen co-authored a study with S. Hamilton (2009), also a family case study of American English in Appalachia.
But, the most amazing study I found in this area was a recent study by Edit Bugge (2010): “The role of ‘family’ in intergenerational transmission of Shetland dialect vocabulary”.
(I was able to find it as a .pdf online and the author was very nice about corresponding via email.)
Hope these help!
-Carla Morris
Gallaudet University, Washington, DC
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