An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
ISBN: 9781405821315 | 1405821310
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
Pub. Date: 3/16/2008
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First published in 1992, Janet Holmes' An Introduction to Sociolinguistics has established itself as the key introductory textbook in the field. It is divided into three sections. In the first, Janet Holmes shows how language is used in multilingual speech communities and explains the varying patterns of language use. She examines how and why languages change within society and highlights the factors that lead to the displacement of one language by another, and sometimes even the death of a language. The central section gives a comprehensive an... MORE
Preface to Third Edition Author's Acknowledgements Publisher's Acknowledgements 1. What do sociolinguists study? Section I: Multilingual speech communities 2. Language choice in multilingual communities 3. Language maintenance and shift 4. Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations 5. National languages and language planning Section II: Language variation: focus on users 6. Regional and social dialects 7. Gender and age 8. Ethnicity and social networks 9. Language change Section III: Language variation: focus on uses 10. Style, context and r... MORE
Janet Holmes holds a personal Chair in Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington where she teaches a range of sociolinguistics courses.
