An Introduction To Sociolinguistics

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

This comprehensive new edition of Wardhaugh’s textbookincorporates additional study features and numerous new and updatedreferences to bring the book completely up-to-date, whilstmaintaining the features that made the book so popular withlecturers and students: accessible coverage of a wide range ofissues, clearly written, and with useful student study features. A fully revised new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh’s popularintroduction to sociolinguistics, which now includes over 150 newand updated references and new study features throughoutFeatures new “Explorations” sections in eachchapter incorporating suggested readings, discussion sections, andexercises – all designed to encourage students to developtheir own skills and ideasReflects new developments in the field, providing greater focuson ideas such as identity, solidarity, and markednessProvides balanced coverage of a range of topics, including:language dialects, pidgins and Creoles, codes, bilingualism, speechcommunities, variation, words and culture, ethnographies,solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage,and planningComprehensive and accessible, it is the ideal introduction forstudents coming to sociolinguistics for the first time