Introducing Sociolinguistics by Meyerhoff, Miriam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of figures List of tables Sounds and symbols used in the text Acknowledgements Maps Chapter 1: Introduction

What is sociolinguistics? How do sociolinguists study sociolinguistics? Making broader connections Sociolinguistic questions Structure of this book On quantitative and qualitative methods On sociolinguistic methods more generally Using this book with The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader

Chapter 2: Variation and language

Variables and variants Regional dialectology: mapping speakers and places Using regional dialect data to inform theory Standards, norms and alternations from the norms Martha’s Vineyard: a study of social dialects Stereotypes, markers and indicators Factors motivating variation Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 3: Variation and style

Introduction Studying variation in speakers’ style The New York City social dialect survey Prestige of a variable In search of the unknowable: the observer’s paradox Challenging style as attention to speech Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 4: Language attitudes

Introduction Language attitudes in language change Linguistic relativism Reclaiming derogatory terms Perceptual dialectology Attitudes to language: identities and accommodation Social identity theory Accommodation theory Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 5: Being polite as a variable in speech

Introduction Theories of politeness Applications of politeness theory: intercultural communication Critiques of politeness theory Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 6: Multilingualism and language choice

Introduction Language policy and language planning in multilingual societies Language rights in South Africa’s constitution Language rights in Vanuatu’s constitution Ethnolinguistic vitality Using the model of language vitality Diglossia in a community Is ‘vitality’ the same as ‘prestige’? Code switching and code mixing Speech levels as different codes Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 7: Real time and apparent time

Introduction Studying change over time Real time studies of change Apparent time studies of change Real time tests of the apparent time construct Profiles of change Challenges associated with real and apparent time sampling Language and ageing Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 8: Social class

Introduction Social class Class as a factor in linguistic variation Fine and broad stratification Cross-over effects and change from above/below Class and historical sociolinguistics The intersection of class and style Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 9: Social networks and communities of practice

Introduction Social networks Communities of practice: highly local networks Case studies of social networks and language variation Not all networks are equal How occupation interacts with social networks Who leads? Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 10: Gender

Introduction Sex or gender? Exclusive gender differences Preferential gender differences Principles of gender and variation: a historical picture Moving beyond Labov’s principles Gender practices Strategic use of gender differences Gendered style Gender and sexuality Wider implications of rethinking gender Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 11: Language contact

How contact between varieties affects variation and change Dialect levelling Global contact: global English? Contact-induced change Sociolinguistic constraints on contact Chapter summary Further reading

Chapter 12: Looking back and looking ahead

Variation is what we know Theory in sociolinguistics Interpreting and motivating variation A final word: the triumph of multiple causation

Notes on the exercises Glossary Bibliography Index

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