| Description |
xxiv, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Language in society ; 22 |
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Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 22
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| Contents |
1. Correlations. 1.1. The Domain of Sociolinguistics. 1.2. The Variable as a Structural Unit. 1.3. Variation and the Tradition of Categoricity -- 2. Class, Network, and Mobility. 2.1. Social Class and Sociolinguistic Sampling. 2.2. Indexing Social Class. 2.3. Class Markers. 2.4. The Effects of Mobility. 2.5. Homogenization. 2.6. Networks. 2.7. Linguistic Correlates of Network Integration. 2.8. Interaction of Network and Other Independent Variables. 2.9. Oddballs and Insiders -- 3. Expressing Sex and Gender. 3.1. The Interplay of Biology and Sociology. 3.2. Sex Patterns with Stable Variables. 3.3. Language, Gender, and Mobility in Two Communities. 3.4. Causes of Sex and Gender Differences. 3.5. Male and Female Speech Patterns in Other Societies. 3.6. Linguistic Evidence for Sex and Gender Differences -- 4. Accents in Time. 4.1. Aging. 4.2. The Acquisition of Sociolects. 4.3. Family and Friends. 4.4. Declarations of Adolescence. 4.5. Young Adults in the Talk Market. 4.6. Changes in Progress -- 5. Adaptive Significance of Language Variation. 5.1. The Babelian Hypothesis. 5.2. Global Counteradaptivity and Local Adaptivity. 5.3. Dialects in Lower Animals. 5.4. The Persistence of the Non-standard. 5.5. Traditional Theories of the Sources of Diversity. 5.6. A Sociolinguistic Theory of the Sources of Diversity. 5.7. Vernacular Roots. 5.8. Linguistic Variation and Social Identity |
| Summary |
Sociolinguistic Theory brings together the most important descriptive and theoretical findings on linguistic variation and change. Incorporating the latest developments in the field along with updated references, it provides a critical synthesis of language variation, demonstrating how empirical explorations have made it among the most exciting fields in the contemporary study of language. Coverage includes discussion of the linguistic variable and its significance, crucial social variables such as social stratification, sex, and age, and the cultural significance of linguistic variation |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1995 |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-302) and index |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics.
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| LC no. |
2002066416 |
| ISBN |
0631228810 hardback |
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0631228829 paperback |
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