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Essential study guides for the future linguist.

Zusammenfassung
Essential study guides for the future linguist.

Inhalt

1. Regional accent and dialect: 1.1. Accent and dialect; 1.2. Standard English; 1.3. Accent loss and maintenance; 1.4. Accent and dialect in print and performance; 2. Language and social groups: 2.1 Idiolect and sociolect; 2.2. Social class and language; 2.3. Parallel lives: slang and occupational English; 3. Ethnicity: 3.1. Race and ethnicity; 3.2. Heritage language; 3.3. Code-switching; 3.4. Accent and dialect variation; 3.5. Ethnolect; 3.6. Whiteness; 3.7. Crossing; 4. Global diversity: 4.1. English around the world; 4.2. Where English has gone; 4.3. How English varies around the world; 4.4. ELF; 4.5. Arguments about English; Ideas and answers; References.