An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (eBook)

Ronald Wardhaugh, Janet M. Fuller (Autoren)

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2014 | 7. Auflage
448 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-73240-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Thoroughly updated and revised, An Introduction to
Sociolinguistics, 7th Edition presents a comprehensive and
fully updated introduction to the study of the relationship between
language and society.

Building on Ronald Wardhaugh's classic text, co-author
Janet Fuller has updated this seventh edition throughout with new
discussions exploring language and communities, language and
interaction, and sociolinguistic variation, as well as
incorporating numerous new exercises and research ideas for
today's students. Taking account of new research from the
field, the book explores exciting new perspectives drawn from
linguistic anthropology, and includes new chapters on pragmatics,
discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics and education. With an
emphasis on using examples from languages and cultures around the
world, chapters address topics including social and regional
dialects, multilingualism, discourse and pragmatics, variation,
language in education, and language policy and planning.
A new companion website including a wealth of additional online
material, as well as a glossary and a variety of new exercises and
examples, helps further illuminate the ideas presented in the text.
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 7th Edition continues
to be the most indispensable and accessible introduction to the
field of sociolinguistics for students in applied and theoretical
linguistics, education, and anthropology.

Autor

Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of a number of books, including Proper English (Wiley-Blackwell, 1998) and Understanding English Grammar, 2nd Edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003). Janet M. Fuller is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has recently published two books dealing with multilingualism, discourse and identity: Bilingual Pre-Teens: Competing ideologies and multiple identities in the U.S. and Germany (2012) and Spanish Speakers in the USA (2013), and was the editor of the sociolinguistics section of the Language and Linguistics Compass (Wiley-Blackwell) from 2010-2013.

Rezensionen

"The foundational textbook in sociolinguistics is
now more essential than ever. Wardhaugh and Fuller provide solid
grounding in a full range of sociolinguistic perspectives while
offering cutting-edge treatments of such timely concerns as
multilingualism, identity construction, and socially responsible
sociolinguistics."- Natalie Schilling, Georgetown
University

"With this revised and revamped edition, Wardaugh and
Fuller bring us the text we have come to know and love in an
exciting new guise, one that reflects the current state of the art,
its complexities and myriad perspectives, and yet remains
accessible and fluid in its presentation. This is unquestionably
the 'go to' text for undergraduates."- Alexandra
D'Arcy, University of Victoria

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Anthropologie • Anthropology • Linguistic Anthropology • Linguistics • Linguistische Anthropologie • Sociolinguistics • Soziolinguistik • Sprachwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-118-73240-5 / 1118732405
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-73240-3 / 9781118732403