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Klappentext Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which various groups of people use language. This book provides a brief yet comprehensive introduction to the field. It explores how sociolinguistics is linked to other disciplines such as history, politics and gender studies. Zusammenfassung Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which different groups of people use language. This book provides a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field, making links with related disciplines such as history, politics, and gender studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ; SECTION 1 ; Survey ; The scope of enquiry ; Complementary approaches ; The methods of enquiry ; What are the data? ; The sociolinguist at work ; The approach in this book ; The ethnography of speaking ; The structure of conversations ; Politeness and politeness formulas ; Terms of address ; Speech communities and repertoires ; Dialect ; Styles ; Specialized varieties or registers and domains ; Slang and solidarity ; Language and gender ; Social stratification ; Accommodation and audience design ; Language socialization ; The description of bilingualism ; Bilingual competence ; Code switching and code mixing ; Multilingualism ; Language loyalty and reversing language shift ; Language and ethnic identity ; Language and politics ; Language rights ; Pidgins and creoles ; Diglossia ; Language policy and language planning ; Status planning ; Corpus planning ; Normativism and prescriptivism ; Language acquisition planning or language education policy ; Language diffusion policy or linguistic imperialism ; The spread of English - imperialism or hegemony? ; Conclusions ; SECTION 2 ; Readings ; SECTION 3 ; References ; SECTION 4 ; Glossary
