Introducing sociolinguistics /

Edition statement:2nd ed. Published by : John Benjamins Pub. Company, (Philadelphia, PA :) Physical details: xxiv,500p.: ill. ISBN:9780748638444.
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics.
Year: 2009 Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of tables, maps and figures -- List of tables -- List of maps -- List of figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Note to readers -- 1. Clearing the ground: basic issues, concepts and approaches / Rajend Mesthrie -- 2. Regional dialectology / Rajend Mesthrie -- 3. Social dialectology / Rajend Mesthrie -- 4. Language Variation and change / Ana Deumert and Rajend Mesthrie -- 5. Language choice and code-switching / Joan Swann -- 6. Language in Interaction / Joan Swann -- 7. Gender and language use / Joan Swann -- 8. Language contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and death / Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap -- 9. Language contact 2: Pidgins, creoles and "New Englishes" / Rajend Mesthrie -- 10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to language and Power / Rajend Mesthrie (with contributions by Ana Deumert) -- 11. Sociolinguistics and education / Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap -- 12. Language Planning and Policy / Ana Deumert -- 13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign language / Ana Deumert -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- Next Steps -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

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