Allan Bell

The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics

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Produktbeschreibung

The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics presents a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and terms of sociolinguistics, and of the goals, methods, and findings of sociolinguistic research. * Introduces readers to the methodology and skills of doing hands-on research in this field * Features chapter-by-chapter classic and contemporary case studies, exercises, and examples to enhance comprehension * Offers wide-ranging coverage of topics across sociolinguistics. It begins with multilingualism, and moves on through language choice and variation to style and identity * Takes students through the challenges involved in conducting their own research project * Written by one of the leading figures in sociolinguistics

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 172mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780631228660
• ISBN-10: 0631228667
• Artikelnr.: 37332636

Autorenporträt

Allan Bell is Professor of Language and Communication, and Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse and Communication at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the Editor of the Journal of Sociolinguistics (Wiley Blackwell), and author or editor of several books on language and media and on New Zealand languages.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii Preface xv 1 What Are
Sociolinguistics? 1 1.1 What is language? 2 1.2 What is a language? 4 1.3
What then are sociolinguistics? 6 1.4 Neighbouring and overlapping fields
12 1.5 A guide to the guidebook 14 2 A Profusion of Languages 19 2.1 Being
multilingual 19 2.2 Six dimensions of bilingualism 25 2.3 Approaches to
multilingualism 29 2.4 Language surveys and censuses 33 2.5 The case of
Canada 34 2.6 Research activity: A bilingual survey 39 2.7 Summary 41 2.8
Further reading 42 3 Language Shift and Maintenance 47 3.1 Introducing
language contact 47 3.2 Language functions 50 3.3 Shifting languages 54 3.4
Maintaining and revitalizing languages 57 3.5 The case for Mâori 62 3.6
Research activity: doing a project (1) - the setup 67 3.7 Summary 70 3.8
Further reading 71 4 Language Birth and Death 75 4.1 Pidgins and creoles 76
4.2 Where do pidgins and creoles come from? 79 4.3 The creole continuum 83
4.4 Language danger and death 84 4.5 The microlinguistics of dying
languages 89 4.6 The cases of Gaelic and Melanesian 91 4.7 Research
activity: the making of Melanesian Pidgin 95 4.8 Summary 97 4.9 Further
reading 98 5 Codes and Choices 103 5.1 Varieties, codes and repertoires 103
5.2 The speech community 105 5.3 Diglossia 108 5.4 Code switching 113 5.5
The sociolinguistics of code switching 114 5.6 The case of Oberwart 119 5.7
Research activity: observation versus self-report 123 5.8 Summary 125 5.9
Further reading 126 6 Situated Language 131 6.1 Situations, contexts and
domains 131 6.2 Ethnographies of communication 134 6.3 Speakers in situ 138
6.4 Audiences for language 140 6.5 Speech acts and politeness 142 6.6 The
sociolinguistics of interaction 146 6.7 Gender and conversation 149 6.8 The
case of slang in Rio 151 6.9 Research activity: ethnographing the class 155
6.10 Summary 156 6.11 Further reading 157 7 Variation in Language 163 7.1
Foundations: New York City 163 7.2 Class in language 168 7.3 Ethnicity in
language 172 7.4 Ethnic varieties of English 176 7.5 Gender in language 179
7.6 The case of ING 181 7.7 Research activity: doing a project (2) - data
collection 186 7.8 Summary 189 7.9 Further reading 190 8 Language in Time
195 8.1 Age in language 195 8.2 Real time and apparent time 200 8.3 The
linguistics of language change 204 8.4 Sound change 207 8.5 The social life
of language change 209 8.6 Markets, networks and communities 214 8.7 The
case of Belten High 218 8.8 Research activity: language change on the
internet 221 8.9 Summary 223 8.10 Further reading 224 9 Language in Space
229 9.1 Dialectology 229 9.2 Making space 234 9.3 Dialect contact 238 9.4
Dialect birth 243 9.5 Dialect death 246 9.6 The case of colonial Englishes
247 9.7 Research activity: linguistic landscape 249 9.8 Summary 250 9.9
Further reading 251 10 Valuing Language 255 10.1 Ideologies of language 256
10.2 Language with attitude 259 10.3 Evaluating individual linguistic
variables 264 10.4 The Indexical Cycle 268 10.5 Discriminating language 272
10.6 The case of Bakhtin 278 10.7 Research activity: doing a project (3) -
results and reporting 282 10.8 Summary 286 10.9 Further reading 287 11
Styling Language and Identities 293 11.1 Two takes on style 293 11.2
Audience design 297 11.3 Referee design 303 11.4 Performing sociolinguistic
identities 306 11.5 The case of Marlene Dietrich 310 11.6 Research
activity: a performance language project 314 11.7 Summary 318 11.8 Further
reading 319 12 Theory and Engagement 323 12.1 The place of the social in
sociolinguistics 323 12.2 Structure and agency 326 12.3 Towards a socially
constituted sociolinguistics 329 References 333 Index 357

Rezensionen

"A major strength of this book is indeed the focus on research. Bell not only provides different types of data from the field, but also detailed explanations on how data has been collected and interpreted. . . a fine candidate for an undergraduate sociolinguistics course. It introduces the key topics, provides lots of excellent and modern examples and is written in an accessible style suitable for introducing material to students not yet familiar with linguistic theory or social science research methodology." (Linguistlist, 14 July 2014)

"In seeking answers to these and myriad other questions through reading and engaging with Bell's book, students and researchers alike will find substantive knowledge, lofty wisdom, and inspiration to carry forward the tradition of study of the world's rich social and linguistic diversity in which Bell has long played a key part." (Journal of Sociolinguistics, 3 June 2014)