Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' ChoicesCambridge University Press, 2005/05/05 - 263 ページ This accessible new textbook provides a clear introduction to sociolinguistics, the study of why we speak the way we do, and the social factors that influence our linguistic decisions. Based on the notion of 'choice' - that as speakers we select from the options open to us - it provides a solid theoretical framework to deal with the most fascinating characteristic of language: its variability and diversity. Topics covered include dialects, gender and age specific speech forms, professional jargons, diglossia, bilingualism, code-switching, pidgin languages, and language planning, all of which are unified by the common theme that speakers, by making choices, create their language. Drawing on linguistic variation from a wide range of societies and their languages, this is set to become a key text for all students of sociolinguistics, and will be welcomed by anyone interested in the complex interaction between language and society. |
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adolescents adults Arabic Baggara bilingualism chapter Chinese choose code-switching considered context conversation cooperative corpus planning Coulmas countries cultural derived Language developed dialects differentiation diglossia discussion distinct domain Dutch encoded Endangered Languages English ethnic ethnolinguistic example expressions factors female Fishman French functions gender German grammar guage honorifics identity immigrant individual interaction involved Japanese Katharevousa kogyaru Korean language change language choice language contact language planning language policy language shift language-contact lexical linguistic choices literacy markedness minority language Moroccan Arabic multilingual native speaker networks norms notion official language Peter Trudgill politeness prestige pronunciation question relationship situations social class social meaning social stratification society sociolinguistics Sociology of Language speak speech behaviour speech community speech forms spoken standard status Swiss German switching t-glottalling theory tion Trudgill unmarked choice variable variation varieties vernacular Welsh women words writing system written language