Sociolinguistic Perspectives: Papers on Language in Society, 1959-1994

by Charles A. Ferguson

The work of the linguist Charles A. Ferguson spans more than three decades, and is remarkable for having been consistently at the forefront of scholarship on the relationship between language and society. This volume collects his most influential and seminal papers, each having expanded the parameters of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language. Taken together, they cover a wide range of topics and issues, and, more importantly, reflect the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195092902
• ISBN13: 9780195092905
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"