Introducing sociolinguistics
By: Rajend Mesthrie ... [et al.].
Contributors: Mesthrie, Rajend.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Company; Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company; John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9789027232656
Subjects: Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of tables, maps and figures; title: List of tables; title: List of maps; title: List of figures; title: Abbreviations; title: Acknowledgements; title: Note to readers; title: 1. Clearing the ground: basic issues, concepts and approaches / Rajend Mesthrie; title: 2. Regional dialectology / Rajend Mesthrie; title: 3. Social dialectology / Rajend Mesthrie; title: 4. Language Variation and change / Ana Deumert and Rajend Mesthrie; title: 5. Language choice and code-switching / Joan Swann; title: 6. Language in Interaction / Joan Swann; title: 7. Gender and language use / Joan Swann; title: 8. Language contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and death / Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap; title: 9. Language contact 2: Pidgins, creoles and "New Englishes" / Rajend Mesthrie; title: 10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to language and Power / Rajend Mesthrie (with contributions by Ana Deumert); title: 11. Sociolinguistics and education / Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap; title: 12. Language Planning and Policy / Ana Deumert; title: 13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign language / Ana Deumert; title: Epilogue; title: Further Reading; title: Next Steps; title: Bibliography; title: Glossary; title: Index.