Introducing sociolinguistics / Rajend Mesthrie ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mesthrie, Rajend, Author.

Contributor:

Mesthrie, Rajend.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (529 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This second edition of Introducing Sociolinguistics expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. The book covers areas such as multilingualism, code-choice, language variation, dialectology, interactional studies, gender, language contact, language and inequality, and language and power. At the same time it provides an integrated perspective on these themes by examining sociological theories of human interaction. In this regard power and inequality are part

Contents:

Clearing the ground : basic issues, concepts and approaches

Regional dialectology

Social dialectology

Language variation and change

Language choice and code-switching

Language in interaction

Gender and language use

Language contact 1: maintenance, shift and death

Language contact 2: pidgins, creoles and 'new Englishes'

Critical sociolinguistics: approaches to language and power

Sociolinguistics and education

Language planning and policy

The sociolinguistics of sign language.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-13647-X

9786612136474

0-7486-3249-2

OCLC:

430830257