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An introduction to sociolinguistics / Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Learning about languagePublisher: London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Edition: Fifth EditionDescription: xxi, 538 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediate
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138845015 (pbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P 40  H73 2017
Contents:
1. What do sociolinguistics study? -- Section I. Multiligual speech communities -- 2. Language choice in multilingual communities -- 3. Language maintenance and shift -- Linguistics varieties and multilingual nations -- 5. National languages and language planning -- Section II. Langauge variation: focus on users -- 6. Regional and social dialects -- 7. Gender and age -- Ethnicity and social networks -- 9. Language change -- Section III. Language variation: focus on uses -- 10. Style, context and register -- 11. Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication -- 12. Gender, politeness and stereotypes -- 13. Language, cognition and culture -- 14. Analysing discourse -- Attitudes and applications -- 16. Conclusion.
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Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 477-538)

1. What do sociolinguistics study? -- Section I. Multiligual speech communities -- 2. Language choice in multilingual communities -- 3. Language maintenance and shift -- Linguistics varieties and multilingual nations -- 5. National languages and language planning -- Section II. Langauge variation: focus on users -- 6. Regional and social dialects -- 7. Gender and age -- Ethnicity and social networks -- 9. Language change -- Section III. Language variation: focus on uses -- 10. Style, context and register -- 11. Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication -- 12. Gender, politeness and stereotypes -- 13. Language, cognition and culture -- 14. Analysing discourse -- Attitudes and applications -- 16. Conclusion.

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