An introduction to sociolinguistics /
Holmes, Janet, 1947-
An introduction to sociolinguistics / Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson. - Fifth Edition. - Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Milton Park, 2017. - xxi, 538 p.: ill., maps ; 26 cm. - Learning about language .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What do sociolinguists study?
2. Language choice in multilingual communities
3. Language maintenance and shift
4. Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations
5. National languages and language planning
6. Regional and social dialects
7. Gender and age
8. Ethnicity and social networks
9. Language change
Interlude: identity in sociolinguistics
10. Style, context and register
11. Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication
12. Gender, politeness and stereotypes
13. Language, cognition and culture
14. Analysing discourse
15. Attitudes and applications
9781138845008 (hardcover) 9781138845015 (softcover)
2016033701
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .H65 2017
306.44
An introduction to sociolinguistics / Janet Holmes and Nick Wilson. - Fifth Edition. - Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Milton Park, 2017. - xxi, 538 p.: ill., maps ; 26 cm. - Learning about language .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What do sociolinguists study?
2. Language choice in multilingual communities
3. Language maintenance and shift
4. Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations
5. National languages and language planning
6. Regional and social dialects
7. Gender and age
8. Ethnicity and social networks
9. Language change
Interlude: identity in sociolinguistics
10. Style, context and register
11. Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication
12. Gender, politeness and stereotypes
13. Language, cognition and culture
14. Analysing discourse
15. Attitudes and applications
9781138845008 (hardcover) 9781138845015 (softcover)
2016033701
Sociolinguistics.
P40 / .H65 2017
306.44