Sociolinguistics The Study of Speakers' Choices

Name: Sociolinguistics The Study of Speakers' Choices
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ISBN: 9780521543934

ISBN-10: 0521543932

ISBN-13: 9780521543934

Edition: 2005

Authors: Florian Coulmas

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Description:

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. 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 create their language by making choices. The volume draws on linguistic variation from an extensive range of societies and their languages.

Book details

List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 269
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.65" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Introduction: notions of language



Micro Choices



Standard and dialect: social stratification as a factor of linguistic choice



Gendered speech: sex as a factor of linguistic choice



Communicating across generations: age as a factor of linguistic choice



Choice and change



Politeness: cultural dimensions of linguistic choice



Macro Choices



Code-switching: linguistic choices across boundaries



Diglossia and bilingualism: functional restrictions on language choice



Language spread, shift and maintenance: how groups choose their language



Language and identity: individual, social, national



Language planning: communication demands, public choice, utility



Select letters: a major divide



The language of choice