The Routledge handbook of sociolinguistics around the world / / edited by Martin J. Ball

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Sociolinguistics; Language and culture
• Altri autori: BallMartin J (Martin John)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I The Americas; 1 Sociolinguistics in the United States of America; 2 Sociolinguistics in Canada; 3 Sociolinguistics in Mexico: Defining new agendas; 4 The sociolinguistics of indigenous languages in South America; 5 Sociolinguistics of the Caribbean; Part II Asia; 6 Sociolinguistic research in China; 7 Sociolinguistics in South Asia; 8 Sociolinguistics in Japan; 9 Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; 10 Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines ; 11 A sociolinguistic profile of Turkey, Northern Cyprus and other Turkic states in Central Asia; 1Sociolinguistiin of the Causus ca13 Sociolinguistics in the Iranian world; 14 Sociolinguistics in Austraia; 15 Sociolinguistics in New Zealand; 16 Sociolinguistics in the South Pacific; 17 A sociolinguistic sketch of New Guinea; 18 Sociolinguistics in South Africa: a critical overview of current research; 19 Sociolinguistic studies of West and Central Africa; 20 Sociolinguistics of East Africa ; 21 Israeli sociolinguistics: From Hebrew hegemony to Israeli plurilingualism22 Arabic sociolinguistics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Part V Europe; 23 Sociolinguistics of the German-speaking area; 24 Sociolinguistics in the Dutch language area in Europe; 25 Sociolinguistics in the Nordic region; 26 Sociolinguistics in the British Isles; 27 Sociolinguistics in France; 28 Sociolinguistics in Italy; 29 Sociolinguistics in Spain and Portugal; 30 Sociolinguistics in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland; 31 Sociolinguistics in the Balkans ; 32 Sociolinguistics in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova33 The development of sociolinguistics in the Baltic States; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages and social setting, The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World is the first single-volume collection surveying current and recent research trends in international sociolinguistics. With over 30 chapters written by leading authorities in the region concerned, all continents and their respective regions are covered. The book will serve as an important tool to help widen the perspective on sociolinguistics to readers of English.Divided into sections covering: The Americas, Asia, Australasia, Af
• Altri titoli varianti: Sociolinguistics around the world
• Titolo autorizzato: The Routledge handbook of sociolinguistics around the world
• ISBN: 1-135-26104-0; 1-135-26105-9; 1-282-57662-3; 1-78034-876-2; 9786612576621; 0-203-86965-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781194803321
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