Introducing sociolinguistics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meyerhoff, Miriam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon; New York : Routledge , c2011
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Variation and language
  • 3. Variation and style
  • 4. Language attitudes
  • 5. Being polite as a variable in speech
  • 6. Multilingualism and language choice
  • 7. Real time and apparent time
  • 8. Social class
  • 9. Social networks and communities of practice
  • 10. Gender
  • 11. Language contact
  • 12. Looking back and looking ahead