Introducing sociolinguistics /

Meyerhoff, Miriam.

Introducing sociolinguistics / Miriam Meyerhoff. - 2nd ed. - Oxon ; New York : Routledge / Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. - xxv, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Glossary : p. [305]-316. Index : p. [333]-341.

Bibliography : p. [317]-332.

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.



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