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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Stockwell |
| ISBN: | 0415234522 9780415234528 0415234530 9780415234535 |
| OCLC Number: | 47136658 |
| Description: | xv, 213 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | A. Introduction: Key Concepts in Sociolinguistics: 1. Preview: a sociolinguistic toolkit; 2. Accent and dialect; 3. Register and style; 4. Ethnicity and multilingualism; 5. Social class; 6. Prestige and language loyalty; 7. Age and gender; 8. Pidgins and creoles; 9. New, national and international Englishes; 10. Politeness and accommodation B. Development: Studies in Language and Society: 1. Preview: how to use these studies; 2. Attitudes to accent variation; 3. Euphemism and register; 4. Code-switching in German; 5. On the football terrace; 6. The changing prestige of RP; 7. The reality of genderlects; 8. Patwa and post-creolisation; 9. Singlish and new Englishes; 10. Politeness in mixed-sex conversation; 11. Standardisation and language change; 12. Language and education; 13. Conversation and spoken discourse; 14. Language and ideology C. Exploration: Date for Investigation: 1. How to use the data in this section; 2. Dialectal variation; 3. Register; 4. Ethnology; 5. Sociological variation; 6. Prestige; 7. Gender; 8. Creole; 9. New English; 10. Politeness; 11. Standardisation; 12. Education; 13. E-discourse; 14. Ideology D. Extension: Sociolinguistics Readings: 1. Sociolinguistics and language change (Hamer); 2. Foreign accents in America (Lippi-Green); 3. Style and ideology (Fairclough); 4. Language contact and code-switching (Edwards); 5. The sociolinguist's responsibility (Cameron); The process of standardisation (Milroy); 7. Men's and women's narratives (Holmes); 8. The origins of pidgins and creoles (Wardhaugh); 9. World Englishes and contact literature (Kachru); 10. Closing turns (Schegloff and Sacks). References. Glossarial. Index. |
| Series Title: | Routledge English language introductions series. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Stockwell. |
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"These very readable texts are immensely enlightening. Their supremely logical organisation makes it easy to select a specific topic and to work with it in great depth. The practical activities and closely argued associated commentaries are highly recommended, being well designed and effective aids to full understanding of points raised. The judicious selection of texts in the final section provides excellent support for taking the practical work forward.."<br>-Clive Grey, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, UK <br>"The Routledge English Language Introductions series is a first-rate set of textbooks for students beginning the study of linguistics. The contributions have been meticulously planned, clearly structured, and written in an eminently accessible style to enable teachers to structure their courses lucidly with ample opportunities for student home study. To coin a phrase: Highly recommendable!'."<br>-Richard Watts, University of Berne, Switzerland <br>"This textbook is enormously enabling. Not only does it comprehensively provide the basic theory and method at the right level, but beginners have the means and the models so that they can get their "hands dirty" with real data and real problems in doing Sociolinguistics."<br>-William Downes, University of East Anglia <br>"This innovatively designed series of coursebooks is not only an excellent starting place for beginners, but it's also a useful pitstop for instructors and more advanced learners. Each book renders an impressive range of theoretical perspectives both accessible and interesting, with key concepts and central issues clearly presented and rooted in contemporary data and analyses.."<br>-Crispin Thurlow, CardiffUniversity, UK <br>"Stockwell's text can be recommended on a number of levels, namely, the clarity of its organization, the accessibility of its content and the balance it acheives in its four sections. These four sections (explanation, studies done by undergraduate peers, illustrative language data and key articles by significant researchers in the field) all lend it an air of refreshing usability...most appropriate for lower division undergraduate courses."<br>-Linguist List <br> Read more...
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