The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The most comprehensive overview available, this handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As well as linguistic perspectives, the handbook includes insights from anthropology, social psychology, the study of discourse and power, conversation analysis, theories of style and styling, language contact and applied sociolinguistics. Language practices seem to have reached new levels since the communications revolution of the late twen...
ISBN(s)
0521897076, 9780521897075
