TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Janet
AU  - Wilson,Nick
TI  - An introduction to sociolinguistics
T2  - Learning about language
SN  - 9781138845008 (hardcover)
AV  - P40 .H65 2017
U1  - 306.44 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon
PB  - Routledge, Milton Park, 
KW  - Sociolinguistics
N1  - 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
ER  -