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Introducing Sociolinguistics by Rajend Mesthrie; Joan Swann; Ana Deumert; William Leap is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This second edition of __Introducing Sociolinguistics__ expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. The book covers areas such as multilingualism, code-choice, language variation, dialectology, interactional studies, gender, language contact, language and inequality, and language and power. At the same time it provides an integrated perspective on these themes by examining sociological theories of human interaction. In this regard power and inequality are particularly significant. The book also contains two chapters on the applications of sociolinguistics (in education and in language policy and planning) and a concluding chapter on the sociolinguistics of sign language. New topics covered include speaking style and stylisation, while current debates in areas like creolisation, globalisation and language death, language planning, and gender are reflected. Written collaboratively by teachers and scholars with first hand experience of sociolinguistic developments on four continents, this book provides the broadest introduction currently available

Who reads Introducing Sociolinguistics?

Author

Rajend Mesthrie; Joan Swann; Ana Deumert; William Leap

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780748638437

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Sociology, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.35 / 5 (57 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13