An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)

Type

Book

Authors

Ronald Wardhaugh

ISBN 10

0631183531

ISBN 13

9780631183532

Tags

Linguistics, Social Sciences

Description

The second edition of this textbook has been thoroughly revised to include discussion of developments in sociolinguistics since the mid-1980s, referring in the process to some 100 recent books and papers. The book provides a comprehensive coverage of most of the topics dealt with in courses described as either "sociolinguistics" or "the sociology of language". Ronald Wardhaugh examines in full - dialect, language variation, pidgin and Creole languages, language change, ethnography, language and gender, and social codes. He gives a useful analysis of statistical methodology and a comprehensive introduction to the central topics of sociolinguistics. Each topic dealt with concludes with questions for discussion in the classroom, and references for further reading. - from Amzon

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