What is sociolinguistics? /
Gerard Van Herk
- Second edition.
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Son, Inc., c2018
- 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction -- 2.Language and society -- 3.Place -- 4.Social status -- 5.Time -- 6.Ethnicity -- 7.Gender -- 8.Style -- 9.Interaction -- 10.Multilingualism -- 11.Language contact -- 12.Attitudes and ideologies -- 13.Language as a social entity -- 14.Education.
What is Sociolinguistics? is 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, all introduced with excitement, humor, and deep knowledge.