TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Janet
TI  - Introduction to sociolinguistics
T2  - Learning about language
SN  - 0582328616 Hard bound
U1  - 306.44 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Longman/ Pearson Education
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-395) and index; TOC; What do sociolinguists study? --
Section I: Multilingual speech communities --
Language choice in multilingual communities --
Language maintenance and shift --
Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations --
National languages and language planning --
Section II: Language variation: focus on users --
Regional and social dialects --
Gender and age --
Ethnicity and social networks --
Language change --
Section III: Language variation: focus on uses --
Style, context and register --
Speech functions, politeness, and cross-cultural communication --
Gender, politeness and stereotypes --
Language, cognition and culture --
Attitudes and applications --
Conclusion --
Appendix: Phonetic symbols --
Glossary; Sociology
N2  - This text explains basic sociolinguistics concepts through a wide range of examples and by drawing on classic approaches to the subject as well as from the most recent research. It examines how and why languages change within society
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/introduction-to-sociolinguistics/oclc/44084220&referer=brief_results
ER  -