Introducing sociolinguistics /

Meyerhoff, Miriam.

Introducing sociolinguistics / Miriam Meyerhoff. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - XI, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead.

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Sociolinguistics.

P40 / .M498 2011

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