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The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics

Johnstone, Barbara(Edited by)Kerswill, Paul E(Edited by)Wodak, Ruth(Edited by)
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"A treasure trove for sociolinguistic researchers and students alike.

Edited by three leading sociolinguists, the 39 chapters cover a wealth of valuable material... And the cast list reads like a veritable Who′s Who of sociolinguistics, with a refreshing number of younger scholars included along with more familiar, well-established names...

This is a book that I will reach for often, both for research and teaching purposes.

I will recommend it to my postgraduate students, and many of the chapters will provide excellent material for discussion in our advanced undergraduate sociolinguistics course."- Janet Holmes, Discourse Studies"The best, the most complete and the most integrated handbook of sociolinguistics of the past decade."- Joshua A.

Fishman, NYU and Stanford UniversityThis Handbook answers a long-standing need for an up-to-date, comprehensive, international, in-depth critical survey of the history, trajectory, data, results and key figures involved in sociolinguistics.

It consists of six inter-linked sections:The History of SociolinguisticsSociolinguistics and Social TheoryLanguage, Variation and ChangeInteractionMultilingualism and ContactApplications The result is a work of unprecedented coverage and insight. It is all here, from the foundational contributions to the field to the impact of new media, new technologies of communication, globalization, trans-border fluidities and agendas of research. The book will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the field. It will provide a basis for reckoning its origins and pathways of development as well as an authoritative account of the central debates and research issues of today.

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Product Details
SAGE Publications Ltd
1446270599 / 9781446270592
Paperback / softback
306.44
25/03/2013
United Kingdom
English
xvii, 630 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
25 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 2011.