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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778068303321

Autore

Mesthrie Rajend

Titolo

Introducing sociolinguistics [[electronic resource] /] / Rajend Mesthrie ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009

ISBN

1-282-13647-X

9786612136474

0-7486-3249-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (529 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MesthrieRajend

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Language and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Clearing the ground : basic issues, concepts and approaches -- Regional dialectology -- Social dialectology -- Language variation and change -- Language choice and code-switching -- Language in interaction -- Gender and language use -- Language contact 1: maintenance, shift and death -- Language contact 2: pidgins, creoles and 'new Englishes' -- Critical sociolinguistics: approaches to language and power -- Sociolinguistics and education -- Language planning and policy -- The sociolinguistics of sign language.

Sommario/riassunto

Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This second edition of Introducing Sociolinguistics expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. The book covers areas such as multilingualism, code-choice, language variation, dialectology, interactional studies, gender, language contact, language and inequality, and language and power. At the same time it provides an integrated perspective on these themes by examining sociological theories of human interaction. In this regard power and inequality are part