Main description:
Translation from the original Russian edition. The first Soviet text-book on sociolinguistics, the book introduces the reader to some of its basic problems, such as language and social structure, language as a social factor, language and nation, language and culture, language and the sociology of an individual, sociolinguistics and Marxist sociology. It focuses on such theoretical issues as the subject-matter of sociolinguistics, the functioning of sociocommunicative systems, language policy and social aspects of verbal behavior.
Table of contents:
- Foreword
- Part One: The Philosophical Problems of Sociolinguistics
- Marxist Sociology and Sociolinguistics
- Language and Social Structure
- Language as a Social Factor
- Language and Nation
- Language and Culture
- Language and the Sociology of an Individual
- Part Two: The Theoretical Problems of Sociolinguistics
- The Subject-Matter of Sociolinguistics
- The Conceptual Framework of Sociolinguistics
- Communities and Unities
- Sociocommunicative Systems
- Stratificational and Situational Variation of Language
- The Functioning of Sociocommunicative Systems
- Language Situation
- Linguistic Communication, Communicative Function and Functional Types of Idioms
- The Concept of 'Function' and Functional Types of Idioms
- Definition of a Language Situation
- Toward a Typology of Language Situations
- Exoglossic Balanced Language Situations
- Exoglossic Unbalanced Language Situations
- Endoglossic Balanced Language Situations
- Endoglossic Unbalanced Language Situations
- Bilingualism and Diglossia
- Language Policy
- Typology of Language Policy
- Language Policy Stages
- Social Aspects of Verbal Behaviour
- Toward a Sociolinguistic Theory of Verbal Behaviour
- Social Determinants of Verbal Behaviour
- Sociolinguistic Models of Verbal Behaviour
- Part Three: Methods of Sociolinguistic Studies
- Methods of Collecting Sociolinguistic Data
- Methods of Sociolinguistic Analysis
- Summary
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Postscript
Translation from the original Russian edition. The first Soviet text-book on sociolinguistics, the book introduces the reader to some of its basic problems, such as language and social structure, language as a social factor, language and nation, language and culture, language and the sociology of an individual, sociolinguistics and Marxist sociology. It focuses on such theoretical issues as the subject-matter of sociolinguistics, the functioning of sociocommunicative systems, language policy and social aspects of verbal behavior.
Table of contents:
- Foreword
- Part One: The Philosophical Problems of Sociolinguistics
- Marxist Sociology and Sociolinguistics
- Language and Social Structure
- Language as a Social Factor
- Language and Nation
- Language and Culture
- Language and the Sociology of an Individual
- Part Two: The Theoretical Problems of Sociolinguistics
- The Subject-Matter of Sociolinguistics
- The Conceptual Framework of Sociolinguistics
- Communities and Unities
- Sociocommunicative Systems
- Stratificational and Situational Variation of Language
- The Functioning of Sociocommunicative Systems
- Language Situation
- Linguistic Communication, Communicative Function and Functional Types of Idioms
- The Concept of 'Function' and Functional Types of Idioms
- Definition of a Language Situation
- Toward a Typology of Language Situations
- Exoglossic Balanced Language Situations
- Exoglossic Unbalanced Language Situations
- Endoglossic Balanced Language Situations
- Endoglossic Unbalanced Language Situations
- Bilingualism and Diglossia
- Language Policy
- Typology of Language Policy
- Language Policy Stages
- Social Aspects of Verbal Behaviour
- Toward a Sociolinguistic Theory of Verbal Behaviour
- Social Determinants of Verbal Behaviour
- Sociolinguistic Models of Verbal Behaviour
- Part Three: Methods of Sociolinguistic Studies
- Methods of Collecting Sociolinguistic Data
- Methods of Sociolinguistic Analysis
- Summary
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Subject Index
- Author Index
- Postscript