Introducing Sociolinguistics 3rd Edition

by Rajend Mesthrie, Ana Deumert, Joan Swann

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474498388
• ISBN13: 9781474498388
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press