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The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader by Taylor & Francis Ltd (Paperback, 2010)
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A collection that includes foundational readings of sociolinguistics. It is suitable for students on courses in Sociolinguistics, Language and Society and Language and Variati...Read more
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| Description | |
| A collection that includes foundational readings of sociolinguistics. It is suitable for students on courses in Sociolinguistics, Language and Society and Language and Variation. | |
| Key Features | |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Date of Publication | 17/06/2010 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-10 | 0415469570 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780415469579 |
| Subject | Linguistics |
| Publication Data | |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Imprint | Routledge |
| Content Note | 151 black & white illustrations, 78 black & white tables, 73 black & white line drawings |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 1133 g |
| Width | 189 mm |
| Height | 246 mm |
| Credits | |
| Edited by | Eric Schleef, Miriam Meyerhoff |
| Editorial Details | |
| Format Details | B-format paperback |
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| Table Of Contents | List of figures List of tables User's guide to The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader Acknowledgements Introduction Erik Schleef and Miriam Meyerhoff Sociolinguistic methods for data collection and interpretation Part one: Identities, style and politeness Editors' introduction to part one Allan Bell Back in style: Reworking audience design Jennifer Hay, Stefanie Jannedy, and Norma Mendoza-Denton Oprah and /ay/: Lexical frequency, referee design, and style Qing Zhang A Chinese yuppie in Beijing: Phonological variation and the construction of a new professional identity John Laver Linguistic routines and politeness in greeting and parting Sachiko Ide Formal forms and discernment: Two neglected aspects of universals of linguistic politeness Part two: Perceptions and language attitudes Editors' introduction to part two Dennis R. Preston Language with an attitude Dennis R. Preston The Li'l Abner syndrome: Written representations of speech Thomas Purnell, William Idsardi, and John Baugh Perceptual and phonetic experiments on American English dialect identification Gibson Ferguson Language education policy and the medium of instruction issue in post-colonial Africa Isabelle Buchstaller Social stereotypes, personality traits and regional perceptions displaced: Attitudes towards the 'new' quotative in the U.K. Part three: Multilingualism and language contact Editors' introduction to part three Jinny K. Choi Bilingualism in Paraguay: Forty years after Rubin's study Don Kulick and Christopher Stroud Code-switching in Gapun: Social and linguistic aspects of language use in a language shifting community Jan-Peter Blom and John J. Gumperz Social meaning in linguistic structure: Code-switching in Norway David Britain Dialect contact, focusing and phonological rule complexity: The koineisation of Fenland English Monica Heller Legitimate language in a multilingual school Ben Rampton Language crossing and the redefinition of reality Miriam Meyerhoff and Nancy Niedzielski The Globalisation of Vernacular Variation Part four: Variation and change Editors' introduction to part four William Labov The social motivation of a sound change Rika Ito and Sali Tagliamonte Well weird, right dodgy, very strange, really cool: Layering and recycling in English intensifiers Gillian Sankoff and Helene Blondeau Language change across the lifespan: /r/ in Montreal French Peter Trudgill Norwich revisited: Recent linguistic changes in an English urban dialect Richard Cameron Aging and Gendering Part five: Social class, networks and communities of practice Editors' introduction to part five Lesley Milroy and James Milroy Social network and social class: Toward an integrated sociolinguistic model Paul Kerswill and Ann Williams Mobility versus social class in dialect levelling: Evidence from new and old towns in England Terttu Nevalainen Making the best of 'bad' data: Evidence for sociolinguistic variation in early modern English Penelope Eckert Vowels and nail polish: The emergence of linguistic style in the preadolescent heterosexual marketplace Janet Holmes and Stephanie Schnurr 'Doing femininity' at work: More than just relational practice Part six: Gender Editors' introduction to part six Niloofar Haeri A linguistic innovation of women in Cairo Elinor Ochs Indexing gender Scott Fabius Kiesling Power and the language of men Rusty Barrett Markedness and styleswitching in performances by African American drag queens Notes on concept questions Index |
| Author Biography | Miriam Meyerhoff is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her work investigates language variation and the interplay between language and social identities, using qualitative and quantitative methods. She is author of Introducing Sociolinguistics, and co-editor of the Handbook of Language and Gender, as well as Social Lives in Language and the Creole Language Library. Erik Schleef is Lecturer in English Sociolinguistics in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester, UK. His research interests include language variation and change, language and gender and language acquisition in immigrant contexts. He has lived and taught in the US, the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. |
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