Language and Society: An Introduction

Author:   Andrew Simpson (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190210663


Pages:   488
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Andrew Simpson (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 25.10cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 17.80cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9780190210663


ISBN 10:   0190210664
Pages:   488
Publication Date:   21 February 2019
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Chapter 1: Languages and Dialects Chapter 2: Languages with Special Roles/functions: National and Official Languages Chapter 3: Languages Under Pressure: Minority Groups and Language Loss Chapter 4: Diglossia and Code-Switching Chapter 5: Pidgins and Creoles: The Birth and Development of New Languages Chapter 6: The Globalization of English Chapter 7: Language(s) in the USA Chapter 8: Bilingualism Chapter 9: Language and Thought: The Linguistic Relativity Controversy Chapter 10: Language and Gender Chapter 11: Language Variation and Change References Subject Index

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Professor Simpson's book is one of the best introductions to sociolinguistics to come out in recent years, and exactly the kind of textbook that I was hoping to assign to my students. It is extraordinarily comprehensive, with a wide range of topics explored thoroughly and illustrated with case studies and examples from across the world and from many linguistic contexts. It is a truly global textbook. Perhaps most significantly, the book opens with chapters of multilingualism and language contact, establishing these as central to sociolinguistics, and this focus on multilingualism is sustained throughout the book, which is a very refreshing and long overdue approach. * Dominika M. Baran, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Duke University *


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Andrew Simpson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California. He is the editor of Language and National Identity in Asia (Oxford University Press, 2007), Language and National Identity in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2008), and the author of many articles in linguistic journals on aspects of the languages of South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. He is also joint general editor of the Journal of East Asian Linguistics.

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