What is Sociolinguistics? is a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education, all introduced with excitement, humor, and deep knowledge. Explores the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and educationProvides useful and clear learning features including numerous innovative exercises and project ideas, spotlighted research readings, glossary terms, chapter summaries, and text boxes The Companion Website for Instructors (www.wiley.com/go/vanherkprofs) has PowerPoint slides for each chapter with suggestions for framing class discussions and exercises, further examples on concepts discussed in the book, tips on additional readings to bring in, and ready-to-go slides for class presentation. The Companion Website for Students (www.wiley.com/go/vanherk) includes links for every chapter from standard sociolinguistic tools to links designed to spark discussion relevant to each chapter, including video clips, oral histories, articles, and more.
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What is Sociolinguistics? offers a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education.
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Contents vii List of Boxes xi Research in the Spotlight xiv Companion Website xvi Acknowledgments xvii 1. Introduction 1 2. Language and Society 10 3. Place 25 4. Social Status 47 5. Time 60 6. Ethnicity 75 7. Gender and Identity 85 8. Style 104 9. Interaction 116 10. Multilingualism 127 11. Language Contact 136 12. Attitudes and Ideologies 148 13. Language as a Social Entity 161 14. Education 175 15. What is Sociolinguistics? 188 Glossary 197 Bibliography 213 Index 229
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?This is a delightfully engaging introduction to the passionate purpose of sociolinguistics. Van Herk is a masterful guide who personally escorts students on an informative, entertaining tour of the field. Students experience sociolinguistics through the perfect blend of substance, interaction, and autobiographical perspective.? ? Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University ?What is Sociolinguistics offers a refreshingly different take on many of the standard, key concepts in the field. It is funny, clear, and distinctly personal, providing essential information about sociolinguistics and referring students to a host of other works that can take them deeper if they wish.? ? John Rickford, Stanford University
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781405193184
Publisert
2012-02-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Vekt
566 gr
Høyde
243 mm
Bredde
186 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
05, U
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
262

Forfatter

Biographical note

Gerard Van Herk is a Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has researched and written on varieties of the English language and is the editor of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications (eds. with C. Mallinson and B. Childs, 2013).