9.693, Books: Sociolinguistics

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Subject: 9.693, Books: Sociolinguistics

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Date:  Mon, 11 May 1998 11:17:59 -0400
From:  mcgeveran at routledge.com (Tom McGeveran)
Subject:  New Books: Sociolinguistics

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Date:  Mon, 11 May 1998 11:17:59 -0400
From:  mcgeveran at routledge.com (Tom McGeveran)
Subject:  New Books: Sociolinguistics

SOCIOLINGUISTICS
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Harold F. Schiffman
LINGUISTIC CULTURE AND LANGUAGE POLICY

LINGUISTIC CULTURE AND LANGUAGE POLICY examines how language policy in
three very different nations evolved and how it is not merely the
specific embodiment of rule, but rather primarily a social construct
that rests on other conceptual elements such as belief systems,
attitudes and myths. By scrutinizing the multilingual democracies of
India, France and the US, Schiffman examines how language policies are
formed within a broader framework and are heavily influenced by the
covert and implicit grass-roots of its linguistic culture. By seeing
language policy as culture-specific, we understand why language
policies evolve, why they work--or not--and how people's lives are
affected by them.

Politics of Language
Routledge: 1998: 368 pp
PB: 0 415 18406 1: #D5174: $29.99: 18.99

Salikoko S. Mufwene, John R. Rickford, Guy Bailey, and John Baugh,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENGLISH
Structure, History and Use

AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH provides a timely, comprehensive, state of
the art survey of linguistic research. The book examines the
linguistics features of African American English (AAE), as well as the
sociological, political and educational issues connected with it. The
editors are leading experts in the field and along with other key
figures, notably William Labov, Geneva Smitherman and Walt Wolfram,
they provide an authoritative, diverse guide to this topical subject
area. Drawing on many contemporary references, the Oakland School
controversy, the rap of Ice-T, the contributors reflect the state of
current scholarship on African American English, and actively dispel
many misconceptions, address new questions and explore new approaches.

Routledge: 1998: 328 pp
CL: 0 415 11732 1: #D4952: $85.00: 50.00
PB: 0 415 11733 X: #D4956: $24.99: 15.99

For more information on these and other titles from:
ROUTLEDGE  London  *  New York
in North America: www.routledge-ny.com
elsewhere: www.routledge.com


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Major Supporters:

Blackwell Publishers
	http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/
Cambridge University Press
	http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/
Edinburgh University Press
	http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/
Garland Publishing
	http://www.garlandpub.com/
Holland Academic Graphics (HAG)
	http://www.hag.nl
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
	http://www.erlbaum.com/inform.htm
MIT Press (Books Division)
Mouton de Gruyter
	http://www.deGruyter.de/hling.html
Oxford University Press
	http://www.oup.co.uk/
Routledge
	http://www.routledge.com/
Summer Institute of Linguistics
	http://www.sil.org/

Other Supporting Publishers:

Cascadilla Press:
        http://www.cascadilla.com/
CSLI Publications:
	http://csli-www.stanford.edu/publications/
Francais Practique
	http://www.pratique.fr/
Lodz University, Department of English Language
Utrech Institute of Linguistics	
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