TY - BOOK AU - Meyerhoff,Miriam TI - Introducing sociolinguistics SN - 9780415399487 AV - P40 .M498 2011 U1 - 306.44 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Sociolinguistics N1 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010037856-b.html ER -