Introducing sociolinguistics / Miriam Meyerhoff.

By: Meyerhoff, Miriam [author]
Language: English Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011Edition: Second editionDescription: xxv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415550055 (hb); 041555005X (hb); 9780415550062 (pb); 0415550068Subject(s): SociolinguisticsDDC classification: 306.44 LOC classification: P40 | .M498 2011Online resources: Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead.
Summary: Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this text explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity.
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Includes bibliographical references

Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead.

Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this text explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity.

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