An Introduction to Sociolinguistics - Brossura

Wardhaugh, Ronald

 
9780631204992: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Sinossi

This is a textbook for courses in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language. This edition retains the basic structure of the original, but incorporates new material reflecting the progress of the field since the start of the 1990s. In particular, the coverage of pidgins and creoles, code switching, sociolinguistic variation, language change, discourse analysis and of language and gender have been considerably revised and extended, with coverage of some 150 recent books or papers.

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Recensione

"Should become the standard text in advanced undergraduate courses and introductory graduate courses." Language (of a previous edition)

"Among the various introductions to sociolinguistics, this one certainly stands out in its comprehensiveness [it] offers a wealth of relevent and correct information." Sociolinguistica (of a previous edition)

L'autore

Ronald Wardhaugh was formerly Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His many successful books include most recently Understanding English Grammar, (Blackwell, 1995).

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