Rodney H. Jones (University of Reading), Christiana Themistocleous (University of Reading)

Introducing Language and Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An accessible and entertaining textbook that introduces students to sociolinguistics in a real-world context, addressing contemporary social problems such as racism, inequality, political conflict, belonging and issues around gender and sexuality. Each chapter includes exercises for hands-on practice, and ideas for small-scale research projects.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 171mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781108712859
• ISBN-10: 1108712851
• Artikelnr.: 62847555

Autorenporträt

Rodney H. Jones is Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Reading, where he teaches Sociolinguistics and Language and Digital Media on both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published widely in the areas of sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, computer mediated communication, and health communication. His other textbooks include Discourse Analysis, 2nd edition (Routledge, 2018), and Understanding Digital Literacies, 2nd edition, with Christoph Hafner (Routledge, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Imagining languages and their speakers
2. Resources and repertories
3. Language variation
4. Modes and media of communication
5. Code mixing, crossing and translanguaging
6. Style and identity
7. Language attitudes, mocking and appropriation
8. language in the material world
9. Mobility, contact and flows
Appendix. A sociolinguist's toolkit.