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This fully revised textbook is a new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh’s popular and accessible An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.

• Provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics that reflects new developments in the field.
  
• Fully revised, with 130 new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date.
  
• Includes suggested readings, discussion sections, and exercises.
  
• Features increased emphasis on issues of identity, solidarity, and power
  
• Discusses topics such as language dialects, pidgins and creoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, words and culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage, and planning.
  
• Designed for introductory and post-introductory students, and ideal for courses including introduction to sociolinguistics, aspects of sociolinguistics, and language and society.

Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His recent work includes Proper English (Blackwell, 1998) and Understanding English Grammar (second edition, Blackwell, 2003).

Auteur
Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His recent work includes Proper English (Blackwell, 1998) and Understanding English Grammar (second edition, Blackwell, 2003).

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This fully revised textbook is a new edition of RonaldWardhaugh's popular and accessible An Introduction toSociolinguistics. * * Provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction tosociolinguistics that reflects new developments in the field. * Fully revised, with 130 new and updated references to bring thebook completely up-to-date. * Includes suggested readings, discussion sections, andexercises. * Features increased emphasis on issues of identity, solidarity,and power * Discusses topics such as language dialects, pidgins andcreoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, wordsand culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk andaction, gender, disadvantage, and planning. * Designed for introductory and post-introductory students, andideal for courses including introduction to sociolinguistics,aspects of sociolinguistics, and language and society.

Résumé
This fully revised textbook is a new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh’s popular and accessible An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.

• Provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics that reflects new developments in the field.
  
• Fully revised, with 130 new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date.
  
• Includes suggested readings, discussion sections, and exercises.
  
• Features increased emphasis on issues of identity, solidarity, and power
  
• Discusses topics such as language dialects, pidgins and creoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, words and culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage, and planning.
  
• Designed for introductory and post-introductory students, and ideal for courses including introduction to sociolinguistics, aspects of sociolinguistics, and language and society.

Contenu
Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Introduction.

Part I: Languages and Communities:.

2. Languages, Dialects, and Varieties.

3. Pidgins and Creoles.

4. Codes.

5. Speech Communities.

Part II: Inherent Variety:.

6. Language Variation.

7. Some Findings and Issues.

8. Change.

Part III: Words at Work:.

9. Words and Culture.

10. Ethnographies.

11. Solidarity and Politeness.

12. Talk and Action.

Part IV: Understanding and Intervening:.

13. Gender.

14. Disadvantage.

15. Planning.

16. Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.

Informations sur le produit

Titre:	An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Auteur:
Code EAN:	9781405150217
ISBN:	978-1-4051-5021-7
Protection contre la copie numérique:	Adobe DRM
Format:	eBook (pdf)
Editeur:	Wiley-Blackwell
Genre:	Linguistique et sciences de la littérature
nombre de pages:	432
Parution:	09.02.2009
Année:	2009
Auflage:	5. Aufl.
Sous-titre:	Englisch
Taille de fichier:	4.1 MB