|  | Van Herk, Gerard
What Is Sociolinguistics?
LAWZ - Linguistics in the World
 1. Edition February 2012
25.90 Euro
2012. 262 Pages, Softcover
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ISBN 978-1-4051-9318-4 - John Wiley & Sons
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What is Sociolinguistics? offers a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education. It is an exciting, educational and entertaining read and contains useful and clear features including numerous innovative exercises and project ideas, spotlighted research readings, glossary terms, chapter summaries, and text boxes. A companion website offers powerpoint slides for instructors and sample answers to questions, as well as links for further study.
From the contents
Contents vii
List of Boxes xi
Research in the Spotlight xiv
Companion Website xvi
Acknowledgments xvii
1. Introduction 1
2. Language and Society 10
3. Place 25
4. Social Status 47
5. Time 60
6. Ethnicity 75
7. Gender and Identity 85
8. Style 104
9. Interaction 116
10. Multilingualism 127
11. Language Contact 136
12. Attitudes and Ideologies 148
13. Language as a Social Entity 161
14. Education 175
15. What is Sociolinguistics? 188
Glossary 197
Bibliography 213
Index 229
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