I-XXII -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Variability in sociolinguistics and stylistics -- 3. Socio-economic differentiation of the British dailies -- 4. Structure of noun phrases -- 5. Noun phrases as style markers -- 6. Distribution and complexity -- 7. Premodifications -- 8. Postmodifications -- 9. Noun phrase name appositions -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix I Coding scheme -- Appendix II Corpus -- Appendix III Tables -- References -- Index -- 298