Rajend Mesthrie, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert, William Leap

Introducing Sociolinguistics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748632497
• Artikelnr.: 38397307

Autorenporträt

Rajend Mesthrie is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Senior Research Scholar at the University of Cape Town. He was Head of the Linguistics Section (1998 - 2009), and holder of an NRF research chair in migration, language, and social change. He was President of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa (2002-2009) and President of the International Congress of Linguists (2013-2018). He is an elected honorary life member of SALALS (South African Linguistic and Applied Linguistics Society) and the LSA (Linguistic Society of America). He is a past co-editor of English Today (2008-2012). Amongst his book publications are Language in Indenture: a Sociolinguistic history of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa (1992, reprinted. 2019), Introducing Sociolinguistics (with Swann, Deumert & Leap, Edinburgh University Press 2009), Language in South Africa (ed., 2002) and Youth Language Practices & Urban Language Contact in Africa (ed., with Hurst-Harosh & Brookes, 2021).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Clearing the Ground: Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches
2. Regional Dialectology
3. Social Dialectolog
4. Language Variation and Chang
5. Language Choice and Code-Switching
6. Language in Interactio
7. Gender and Language Use
8. Language Contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and Death
9. Language Contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and 'New Englishes
10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power
11. Sociolinguistics and Education
12. Language Planning and Policy
13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Language
Epilogue
Further Reading
Next Steps
Bibliography
Glossary.