Introducing sociolinguistics
By: Miriam Meyerhoff
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780415550055; 9780415550062
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to using this book; title: Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics; title: Variation and style; title: Language attitudes; title: Being polite as a variable in speech; title: Multilingualism and language choice; title: Real time and apparent time; title: Social class; title: Social networks and communities of practice; title: Gender; title: language contact; title: Looking back and looking ahead.