Overview

Sociolinguistics is a dynamic field of research that explains the role and function of language in social life. This book offers the most substantial account available of the core contemporary ideas and arguments in sociolinguistics, with an emphasis on innovation and change. Bringing together original writing by more than twenty of the field's most influential international thinkers and researchers, this is an indispensable guide to the newest and most searching ideas about language in society. For researchers and advanced students it gives access to the field's most pressing issues and debates, as well as providing a platform for new initiatives in sociolinguistic research.

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Author:   Nikolas Coupland (University of Wales College of Cardiff)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781107062283

ISBN 10:   1107062284
Pages:   471
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: sociolinguistic theory and the practice of sociolinguistics Nikolas Coupland; Part I. Theorising Social Meaning: 2. The 'push' of Lautgesetze, the 'pull' of enregisterment Michael Silverstein; 3. Variation, meaning, and social change Penelope Eckert; 4. Indexicality and ethnography Alexandra Jaffe; 5. Sociolinguistic differentiation Susan Gal; Part II. Language, Markets and Materiality: 6. Treating language as an economic resource: discourse, data and debate Monica Heller and Alexandre Duchêne; 7. Theorizing the market in sociolinguistics Helen Kelly-Holmes; 8. Embodied sociolinguistics Mary Bucholtz and Kira Hall; Part III. Sociolinguistics, Place and Mobility: 9. Mobile times, mobile terms: the trans-super-poly-metro movement Alastair Pennycook; 10. Sedentarism and nomadism in the sociolinguistics of dialect David Britain; 11. From mobility to complexity in sociolinguistic theory and method Jan Blommaert; Part IV. Power, Mediation and Critical Sociolinguistics: 12. Critical debates: discourse, boundaries and social change Sari Pietikainen; 13. Theorizing media, mediation and mediatization Jannis Androutsopoulos; 14. Foucault, Gumperz and governmentality: interaction, power and subjectivity in the twenty-first century Ben Rampton; Part V. Sociolinguistics, Contexts and Impact: 15. Are there zombies in language policy? Theoretical interventions and the continued vitality of (apparently) defunct concepts Lionel Wee; 16. Quantitative sociolinguistics and sign languages: implications for sociolinguistic theory Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley; 17. Theorising language in sociolinguistics and the law: (how) can sociolinguistics have an impact on inequality in the criminal justice process? Diana Eades; Part VI. The Evolution of Sociolinguistic Theory: 18. Succeeding waves: seeking sociolinguistic theory for the twenty-first century Allan Bell; 19. Language theory in twenty-first-century sociolinguistics: beyond Dell Hymes? Barbara Johnstone; 20. Five Ms for sociolinguistic change Nikolas Coupland.

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'This collection is clearly aimed at readers who already have a solid foundation in modern sociolinguistics and as such will likely stimulate new research directions. It should also prove useful to students of semiotics or linguistic historiography.' E. J. Vajda, Choice

Author Information

Nikolas Coupland is an elected Fellow of both the UK Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has published more than 20 books and more than 150 articles and chapters on wide-ranging aspects of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. His volume The Handbook of Language and Globalization (2010) was the winner of the annual British Association for Applied Linguistics Book Prize.

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