ISBN:
9786613454188
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144435695X
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9781444356953
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9781283454186
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XV, 243 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Linguistics in the world
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Van Herk, Gerard: What is sociolinguistics?
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Lehrbuch
Abstract:
What is Sociolinguistics? is a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education, all introduced with excitement, humor, and deep knowledge. Explores the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education Provides useful and clear learning features including numerous innovative exercises and project ideas, spotlighted research readings, glossary ter
Description / Table of Contents:
What Is Sociolinguistics?; Contents; Boxes; Companion Website; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; types of sociolinguistics; background: the history of sociolinguistics; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 2: Language and Society; defining "language" in sociolinguistics; sociolinguists vs. other linguists; sociolinguists vs. normal people; language vs. dialect; what is "society"?; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 3: Place; how regional differences develop; english, for example; english worldwide: linguistic features; isolation
Description / Table of Contents:
physical isolation: the case of newfoundland englishlinguistic isolation: the case of québec french; social isolation: the case of african nova scotian english; the social meaning of space; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 4: Social Status; determining social class or status; mobility; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 5: Time; apparent time; change; real time studies of language change; the s-shaped curve of language change; subtle sound change: vowel shifts; age: change across the lifespan; acquiring sociolinguistic competence; summing up; exercises
Description / Table of Contents:
discussionother resources; 6: Ethnicity; ethnic language varieties; ethnic naming and depictions; crossing: using the language of others; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 7: Gender and Identity; gender and interaction; difference and dominance; how languages encode gender; gender and language change; class; identity, performance, and practice; language and sexuality (or something); summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 8: Style; defining and measuring style; genre, register, jargon; using other people's stuff; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources
Description / Table of Contents:
9: Interactionethnography of communication; face; solidarity and power; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 10: Multilingualism; multilingual societies; diglossia; code-switching; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 11: Language Contact; code-switching and borrowing; contact languages: mixed languages, lingua franca, pidgins, creoles; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 12: Attitudes and Ideologies; investigating language attitudes; language beliefs (myths, ideologies); reading and responding; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources
Description / Table of Contents:
13: Language as a Social Entitylanguage maintenance, shift, revitalization; language policy and planning; summing up; exercises; discussion; other resources; 14: Education; the school as a sociolinguistic community; what students bring to school; languages of education; what students take from school; learning a language at school; summing up; exercises; discussion; special extra discussion questions for students in education programs or faculties; other resources; 15: What is Sociolinguistics?; the sociolinguistics of african american english; language/society/community; place; social status
Description / Table of Contents:
time
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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