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OverviewSociolinguistics 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 particularly significant. The book also contains two chapters on the applications of sociolinguistics (in education and in language policy and planning) and a concluding chapter on the sociolinguistics of sign language. New topics covered include speaking style and stylisation, while current debates in areas like creolisation, globalisation and language death, language planning, and gender are reflected. Written collaboratively by teachers and scholars with first hand experience of sociolinguistic developments on four continents, this book provides the broadest introduction currently available to the central topics in sociolinguistics. Features: * Provides a solid foundation in all aspects of sociolinguistics and explores important themes such as power and inequality, sign language, gender and the internet * Well illustrated with maps, diagrams, inset boxes, drawings and cartoons * Accessibly written with the beginner in mind * Uses numerous examples from multilingual settings * Explains basic concepts, supported by a glossary * Further Reading lists, a full bibliography, and a section on 'next steps' provide valuable guidance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rajend Mesthrie , Joan Swann , Ana Deumert , William L. LeapPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Edition: 2nd Revised edition Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780748638437ISBN 10: 0748638431 Pages: 528 Publication Date: 29 May 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Clearing the Ground: Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches; 2. Regional Dialectology; 3. Social Dialectolog; 4. Language Variation and Chang; 5. Language Choice and Code-Switching; 6. Language in Interactio; 7. Gender and Language Use; 8. Language Contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and Death; 9. Language Contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and 'New Englishes; 10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power; 11. Sociolinguistics and Education; 12. Language Planning and Policy; 13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Language; Epilogue; Further Reading; Next Steps; Bibliography; Glossary.ReviewsSuch is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material. -- Peter Stockwell Journal of Sociolinguistics Such is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material. Such is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material. -- Peter Stockwell Journal of Sociolinguistics Such is the quality and richness of this volume that I suspect it too will be an impressive addition to the Edinburgh University Press list... The authors ensure the book is more globally inclusive than many textbooks, with Mesthrie and Deumert bringing a southern hemisphere (African and Australian) sensibility, Joan Swann a European outlook and William Leap an American perspective... An excellent coursebook... distinguished by its expansiveness, its global reach and its wealth of material. Author InformationRajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics in the English Department at the University of Cape Town. Joan Swann is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication in the School of Education at the Open University, UK. Ana Deumert is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Section, Department of English, University of Cape Town. William Leap is Professor of Anthropology at the American University, Washington DC. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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