An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Ebook

This comprehensive new edition of Wardhaugh"s textbook incorporates additional study features and numerous new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date, whilst maintaining the features that made the book so popular with lecturers and students: accessible coverage of a wide range of issues, clearly written, and with useful student study features. bulletA fully revised new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh"s popular introduction to sociolinguistics, which now includes over 150 new and updated references and new study features throughoutbulletFeatures new "Explorations" sections in each chapter incorporating suggested readings, discussion sections, and exercises " all designed to encourage students to develop their own skills and ideasbulletReflects new developments in the field, providing greater focus on ideas such as identity, solidarity, and markednessbulletProvides balanced coverage of a range of topics, including: language dialects, pidgins and Creoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, words and culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage, and planningbulletComprehensive and accessible, it is the ideal introduction for students coming to sociolinguistics for the first time/bulletlist