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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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Autor principal: Van Herk, Gerard
Formato: Printed Book
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Colección:Linguistics in the world
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Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:xv, 243 : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-228) and index.
ISBN:9781405193191
9781405193184 (pbk.)