| Description |
xii, 532 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Blackwell handbooks in linguistics ; 4 |
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Blackwell handbooks in linguistics ; 4
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| Contents |
Part I Foundations. 1. The evolution of a sociolinguistic theory of language / R.B. LePage -- 2. The demography of language / Albert F. Verdoodt. Part II. Social Dimensions of Language. 3. Varieties and variation / James Milroy and Lesley Milroy -- 4. Language change in progress: variation as it happens / Norman Denison -- 5. Social factors in language change / William Bright -- 6. Sociophonology / John Honey -- 7. Dialect in society / Walt Wolfram -- 8. Gender as a sociolinguistic variable: new perspectives on variation studies / Ruth Wodak and Gertraud Benke -- 9. Age as a sociolinguistic variable / Penelope Eckert -- 10. Spoken and written language / Celia Roberts and Brian Street -- 11. The sociolinguistics of communication media / Gerhard Leitner -- 12. Diglossia as a sociolinguistic situation / Harold F. Schiffman -- 13. Code-switching / Carol Myers-Scotton -- 14. Language contact and language generation: Pidgins and Creoles / John R. Rickford and John McWhorter -- 15. Language contact and language degeneration / Colette Grinevald Craig. Part III. Linguistic Dimensions of Society. 16. Language contact and language displacement / Matthias Brenzinger -- 17. Language conflict / Peter Hans Nelde -- 18. Multilingualism / Michael Clyne -- 19. Language and identity / Andree Tabouret-Keller -- 20. Language and ethnicity: the view from within / Jopshua A. Fishman -- 21. Global scale sociolinguistics / Grant D. McConnell -- 22. Language and the mediation of experience: linguistic representation and cognitive orientation / Michael Stubbs -- 23. Linguistic etiquette / Gabriele Kasper. Part IV. Applied Issues. 24. Sociolinguistics and education / Ludo Verhoeven -- 25. Bilingual education / Ofelia Garcia -- 26. Sociolinguistics and the law -- 27. Language planning and language reform / Denise Daoust |
| Notes |
First published 1997. Reprinted in paperback 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [453]-520) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Blackwell Reference Online |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Coulmas, Florian.
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| LC no. |
98026119 |
| ISBN |
0631211934 paperback alkaline paper |
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0631193391 hardcover alkaline paper |
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