Sociolinguistics - A Sociological Critique

Originally published in 1992. This provocative book calls for a critical analysis of the philosophical assumptions underpinning sociolinguistics. Going back to the roots of the study of language in society, it challenges the leading figures in the field and emphasises the sociological rather than the linguistic side of the subject.

List of contents

Foreword Joshua Fishman Preface. Introduction 1. Historical Antecedents 2. Parsonian Structural Functionalism 3. Speech Variation 4. Language Contact 5. Language Planning 6. Conversation Analysis 7. The Ethnography of Communication 8. Ethnolinguistic Vitality 9. Conclusion

About the author

Glyn Williams

Summary

Originally published in 1992. This provocative book calls for a critical analysis of the philosophical assumptions underpinning sociolinguistics. Going back to the roots of the study of language in society, it challenges the leading figures in the field and emphasises the sociological rather than the linguistic side of the subject.

Product details

• Authors: Glyn Williams, Glyn (University of Sheffield Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781138352599
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35259-9
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics; Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sociology, Philosophy of Language, Cultural Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sociolinguistics, Social & political philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Psycholinguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics