An Introduction to SociolinguisticsLongman, 1992 - 412 من الصفحات This introductory book considers the question "What is sociolinguistics?", and explains sociolinguistic concepts through a wide range of examples. It draws from both 'classic' approaches to the subject as well as from more recent research, introducing terms like 'code-switching' and 'social dialect'. It is conveniently divided into three sections. In the first, Janet Holmes shows how language is used in multilingual speech communities and explains how and why languages change within society and highlights the factors that lead to the displacement of one language by another, and sometimes the death of a language. The central section gives a comprehensive and well-illustrated exploration of social reasons for language change, exploring language change in monolingual communities and the features of a variety of dialects. The author shows how and why differing racial and social groups develop and maintain speech variations. In the final section, Janet Holmes assesses how attitudes to language affect speech and shows that linguistic responses depend upon a variety of contextual factors - for example, the status of the person being addressed and our reasons for speaking. Our attitudes to language have strong implications for our community. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics describes how language usage reflects the values of society, how society's view of women is reflected in language and how women are linguistically more polite than men. |
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What do sociolinguists study? | 1 |
Multilingual Speech Communities | 16 |
Language maintenance and shift | 55 |
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accent Answer appropriate attitudes Australia bilingual Bokmål Bukavu CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ chapter choice code-switching contexts creole CRUZ The University described develop diglossia discussed distinct domains Dyirbal ethnic example Exercise express formal French friends functions glottal stop grammar guage Guaraní H variety Hemnesberget identified illustrated instance interaction involves Labov language change language death language planning language shift lingua franca linguistic linguistic change linguistic features linguistic forms Maori minority language monolingual multilingual munity national language norms Oberwart official language particular Patois patterns pidgin politeness prestige pronounced pronunciation referential reflect relevant social class social dialect social factors social groups social status sociolinguistic solidarity sound speak speakers speech communities speech forms speech style standard dialect standard English standard forms Swahili switch talk Tanzania teacher Tok Pisin Trudgill UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA utterance variation verb vernacular forms vocabulary vowel women words Zealand Zealand English