Overview

Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which different groups of people use language. This book provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field, making links with related disciplines such as history, politics, and gender studies.

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Author:   Bernard Spolsky ,  H. G. Widdowson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 19.90cm
Weight:   0.166kg
ISBN:  

9780194372114

ISBN 10:   0194372111
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   08 January 1998
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface SECTION 1 Survey 1 The social study of language: The scope of enquiry Complementary approaches The methods of enquiry What are the data? The sociolinguist at work The approach in this book 2 The ethnography of speaking and the structure of conversation: The ethnography of speaking The structure of conversations Politeness and politeness formulas Terms of address 3 Locating variations in speech: Speech communities and repertoires Dialect 4 Styles, gender, and social class: Styles Specialized varieties or registers and domains Slang and solidarity Language and gender Social stratification Accommodation and audience design 5 Bilinguals and bilingualism: Language socialization The description of bilingualism Bilingual competence Code switching and code mixing 6 Societal multilingualism: Multilingualism Language loyalty and reversing language shift Language and ethnic identity Language and politics Language rights Pidgins and creoles Diglossia 7 Applied sociolinguistics: Language policy and language planning Status planning Corpus planning Normativism and prescriptivism Language acquisition planning or language education policy Language diffusion policy or linguistic imperialism The spread of English - imperialism or hegemony? Conclusions SECTION 2 Readings SECTION 3 References SECTION 4 Glossary

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