Meyerhoff, Miriam.
Introducing sociolinguistics / Miriam Meyerhoff. - Second edition - xxv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead.
Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this text explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity.
9780415550055 (hb) 041555005X (hb) 9780415550062 (pb) 0415550068
2010037856
GBB0A7193 bnb
015643807 Uk
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .M498 2011
306.44
Introducing sociolinguistics / Miriam Meyerhoff. - Second edition - xxv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead.
Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this text explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity.
9780415550055 (hb) 041555005X (hb) 9780415550062 (pb) 0415550068
2010037856
GBB0A7193 bnb
015643807 Uk
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .M498 2011
306.44