Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-311) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Chapter 1: Introduction to using this book -- Chapter 2: Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Chapter 3: Variation and style -- Chapter 4: Language Attitudes -- Chapter 5: Being polite as a variable in speech Chapter 6: Multilingualism and language choice -- Chapter 7: Real time and apparent time -- Chapter 8: Social class -- Chapter 9: Social networks and communities of practice Chapter 10: Gender -- Chapter 11: Language contact -- Chapter 12: Looking back and looking ahead.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Providing a comprehensive overview of sociolinguistic methods and areas of investigation, this text explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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MIL
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55256
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cis5561453
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Title
Introducing sociolinguistics.
International Standard Book Number
0415399483
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sociolinguistics.
Sociolinguistique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.