20.2621, Books: Sociolinguistics: Mesthrie, Swann, Deumert, Leap

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Subject: Introducing Sociolinguistics: Mesthrie, Swann, Deumert, Leap

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Title: Introducing Sociolinguistics 
Subtitle: Second Edition 
Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=Z%20102 

Author: Rajend Mesthrie
Author: Joan Swann
Author: Ana Deumert
Author: William L. Leap

Paperback: ISBN:  9789027232656 Pages: 502 Price: U.S. $ 34.95

Abstract:

Note: This is a new edition of a previously published title.

Fpr sale in U.S. and Canada only. 
For sales in all other countries, please contact Edinburgh University Press.

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 to the central topics in
sociolinguistics. 

Key Features 

Provides a solid foundation in all aspects of sociolinguistics and explores
important themes such as power and inequality, sign language, gender and
the internet 
Well illustrated with maps, diagrams, inset boxes, drawings and cartoons 
Accessibly written with the beginner in mind 
Uses numerous examples from multilingual settings 
Explains basic concepts, supported by a glossary 
Further Reading lists, a full bibliography, and a section on 'next steps'
provide valuable guidance. 

Rajend Mesthrie is Professor of Linguistics in the English Department at
the University of Cape Town.

Joan Swann is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and
Communication in the School of Education at the Open University, UK.

Ana Deumert is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Section, Department
of English, University of Cape Town.

William Leap is Professor of Anthropology at the American University,
Washington DC.

Table of contents

List of tables  x  
List of maps  x  
List of figures  xi  
Abbreviations  xiv  
Acknowledgements  xv  
Note to readers  xxiv  
1. Clearing the ground: Basic issues, concepts and approaches 
Rajend Mesthrie 1  
2. Regional dialectology 
Rajend Mesthrie 42  
3. Social dialectology 
Rajend Mesthrie 74  
4. Language variation and change 
Ana Deumert and Rajend Mesthrie 109  
5. Language choice and code-switching 
Joan Swann 146  
6. Language in interaction 
Joan Swann 183  
7. Gender and language use 
Joan Swann 213  
8. Language contact 1: Maintenance, shift and death 
Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap 242  
9. L anguage contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and 'New Englishes' 
Rajend Mesthrie 271  
10. Critical sociolinguistics: Approaches to language and power 
Rajend Mesthrie and Ana Deumert 309  
11. Sociolinguistics and education 
Rajend Mesthrie and William L. Leap 344  
12. Language planning and policy 
Ana Deumert 371  
13. The sociolinguistics of sign language 
Ana Deumert 407  
Epilogue  440  
Further reading  445  
Next steps  449  
Bibliography  450  
Glossary  482  
Index  485 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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