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

• Autore: Mesthrie Rajend
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2009
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Sociolinguistics; Language and culture
• Altri autori: MesthrieRajend
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Introducing sociolinguistics
• ISBN: 1-282-13647-X; 9786612136474; 0-7486-3249-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778068303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II