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What is sociolinguistics /

"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 introd...

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Main Author: Van Herk, Gerard
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Series:Linguistics in the world
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Summary:"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. Explores the sociolinguistics of multilingualism, culture and ethnicity, language contact, and education Provides useful and clear learning features including numerous innovative exercises and project ideas, spotlighted research readings, glossary terms, chapter summaries, and text boxes Features a companion website offering PowerPoint slides for instructors and sample answers to questions, as well as links for further study. www.wiley.com/go/vanherk"--
Physical Description:xv, 243 : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
ISBN:9781405193191
9781405193184 (pbk.)