<html><div style='background-color:'><P>I am editing a new reader which will be a companion to the textbook <EM>Language, Society and Power </EM> (L. Thomas, S. Wareing, I. Singh, J. Peccei, J. Thornborrow, J. Jones), Routledge, 2nd Edition 2004).</P>
<P>The textbook is a beginner's introduction to some of the key issues in sociolinguistics and covers the following areas:</P>
<P>Language, thought and representation, Language and politics, Language and the media, Language and gender, Language and ethnicity, Language and age, Language and class, Language and identity, The standard English debate, Attitudes to language</P>
<P>Our initial plan is to use readings which are thought-provoking, academically sound, but accessible to students with no prior background in linguistics (although the reader will have a glossary). Below are some examples of the types of readings we are considering for inclusion:</P>
<P>R. Lakoff (2000) 'Language: The Power we love to hate' in <EM>The Language War</EM></P>
<P>G. Pullum (1991) 'The great Eskimo vocabulary hoax' in <EM>The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language</EM></P>
<P>L. Boroditsky, L. Schmidt and W. Phillips (2003) 'Sex, Syntax, and Semantics'' in D. Genter and S. Goldin-Meadow (eds) <EM>Language in Mind.</EM></P>
<P>C. Eble (1996) 'Effects' in <EM>Slang and Sociability</EM></P>
<P>J. Aitchison (2001) 'Conflicting Loyalties' in <EM>Language Change: Process or Decay 3rd Edition</EM></P>
<P>Do any of you have any further suggestions or favourites for inclusion?</P>
<P>Best Wishes, Jean Peccei</P></div></html>