What Is Sociolinguistics? by Gerard Van Herk
What is Sociolinguistics? offers a tour through the major issues that define the field, such as region, status, gender, time, language attitudes, interaction, and style, while also exploring the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education.
?This is a delightfully engaging introduction to the passionate purpose of sociolinguisticsVan Herk is a masterful guide who personally escorts students on an informative, entertaining tour of the field. Students experience sociolinguistics through the perfect blend of substance, interaction, and autobiographical perspective.? ? Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University ?What is Sociolinguistics offers a refreshingly different take on many of the standard, key concepts in the field. It is funny, clear, and distinctly personal, providing essential information about sociolinguistics and referring students to a host of other works that can take them deeper if they wish.? ? John Rickford, Stanford University
Gerard Van Herk is a Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has researched and written on varieties of the English language and is the editor of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications (eds. with C. Mallinson and B. Childs, 2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405193184 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405193182 |
| Title | What Is Sociolinguistics? |
| Author | Gerard Van Herk |
| Series | Linguistics In The World |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 262 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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