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Key Topics in Sociolinguistics Series

15 primary works • 15 total works
This series focuses on the main topics of study in sociolinguistics today. It consists of accessible yet challenging accounts of the most important issues to consider when examining the relationship between language and society. Some topics have been the subject of sociolinguistic study for many years, and are here re-examined in the light of new d…
Analysing Sociolinguistic Variation
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4.22 · 23 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2006 · 14 editions
The study of how language varies in social context…

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    Attitudes to Language
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    4.04     · 23 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2010 · 7 editions
    Just about everyone seems to have views about lang…

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    Discourse: A Critical Introduction
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    3.78     · 37 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
    Organized thematically, this introduction outlines…

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    Language and Ethnicity
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    3.97     · 38 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2006 · 11 editions
    What is ethnicity? Is there a 'white' way of speak…

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    Language and Identity: An Introduction
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    3.67     · 36 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2009 · 9 editions

    The language we use forms an important part of our…

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    Languages in Contact
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions
    Introducing new findings from popular culture, the…

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    Language attrition
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    3.80     · 10 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2007 · 8 editions
    'Language attrition' describes the loss of, or cha…

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    Language Maintenance and Shift
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 6 editions
    What motivates some linguistic minorities to maint…

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    Language Policy
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    3.64     · 33 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2003 · 9 editions
    The volume brings together leading experts from a …

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    Multilingualism
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    2.50     · 2 Ratings · published 2015 · 8 editions
    How do children and adults become multilingual? Ho…

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    Politeness
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    3.95     · 19 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1999 · 10 editions
    Using a wide range of data from real-life speech s…

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    Sociolinguistic Fieldwork
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    3.83     · 6 Ratings · published 2013 · 9 editions
    Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to con…

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    Style: Language Variation and Identity
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    4.15     · 20 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2007 · 10 editions
    Style refers to ways of speaking - how speakers us…

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    World Englishes: The Study of New Linguistic Varieties
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    3.50     · 8 Ratings · published 2008 · 11 editions
    The spread of English around the world has been an…

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    Writing and Society: An Introduction
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    4.50     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2012 · 9 editions
    How does writing relate to speech? What impact doe…

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