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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

ISBN: 9780582060623 | 0582060621
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Pub. Date: 7/1/1992

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Table of Contents
Prefacex
Author's acknowledgementsxii
Publisher's acknowledgementsxiii
What do sociolinguists study?
1(18)
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What is a sociolinguist?
1(2)
Why do we say the same thing in different ways?
3(3)
What are the different ways we say things?
6(5)
Social factors, dimensions and explanations
11(8)
Section I: Multilingual Speech Communities19(112)
Language choice in multilingual communities
21(34)
Choosing your variety or code
21(11)
Diglossia
32(8)
Code-switching or code-mixing
40(15)
Language maintenance and shift
55(24)
Language shift in different communities
55(6)
Language death and language loss
61(4)
Factors contributing to language shift
65(6)
How can a minority language be maintained?
71(3)
Language revival
74(5)
Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations
79(24)
Vernacular languages
80(2)
Standard languages
82(4)
Lingua francas
86(3)
Pidgins and creoles
89(14)
National languages and language planning
103(28)
National and official languages
105(7)
Planning for a national official language
112(6)
Developing a standard variety in Norway
118(3)
The linguist's role in language planning
121(10)
Section II: Language Variation: reflecting its users131(112)
Regional and social dialects
133(31)
Regional variation
134(8)
Social variation
142(2)
Social dialects
144(20)
Sex and age
164(26)
Sex-exclusive speech differences
164(3)
Sex-preferential speech features
167(1)
Sex and social class
168(3)
Explanations of women's linguistic behaviour
171(10)
Age-graded features of speech
181(3)
Age and social dialect data
184(6)
Ethnicity and social networks
190(20)
Ethnicity
190(12)
Social networks
202(8)
Language change
210(33)
Variation and change
211(7)
How do changes spread?
218(7)
How do we study language change?
225(4)
Reasons for language change
229(14)
Section III: Language Variation: reflecting its uses243(143)
Style, context and register
245(40)
Addressee as an influence on style
246(9)
Accommodation theory
255(5)
Context, style and class
260(11)
Style in non-Western societies
271(5)
Register
276(9)
Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication
285(27)
The functions of speech
286(10)
Politeness and address forms
296(8)
Linguistic politeness in different cultures
304(8)
Sex, politeness and stereotypes
312(32)
Women's language and confidence
312(12)
Interaction
324(6)
Gossip
330(6)
Sexist language
336(8)
Attitudes and applications
344(25)
Attitudes to language
344(13)
Sociolinguistics and education
357(12)
Conclusion
369(17)
Sociolinguistic competence
370(6)
Dimensions of sociolinguistic analysis
376(5)
Sociolinguistic universals
381(5)
References386(16)
Appendix: phonetic symbols402(2)
Glossary404(3)
Index407

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