An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the relationship between language and society. The book examines how social factors influence language choice, variation, change, and use in multilingual and multicultural communities. It covers language maintenance and shift, multilingualism, linguistic varieties, national language planning, regional and social dialects, gender, age, ethnicity, social networks, and language change. The book also explores style, context and register, speech functions, politeness, cross-cultural communication, language and cognition, discourse analysis, language attitudes, sociolinguistic competence, education, and forensic linguistics. The fourth edition includes updated research and new material on linguistic landscapes, new Englishes, Multicultural London English, stylisation, language and sexuality, and forensic linguistics. Through numerous examples and exercises, the book introduces key sociolinguistic concepts and demonstrates their relevance to everyday communication and language practices.

Ngôn ngữ:	eng
Tác giả:	Holmes, Janet
Thông tin nhan đề:	An introduction to sociolinguistics (4th edition)
Nhà xuất bản:	Routledge
Loại hình:	Giáo trình sách, tham khảo / Bộ sưu tập: Ngoại ngữ
Mô tả vật lý:	510p.
Năm xuất bản:	2013