P. Trudgill and J. Cheshire (eds.) The Sociolinguistics Reader

Abstract:

If it were possible to create a photograph of the state of research advances at a given moment in time in regard to the discipline of sociolinguistics at the end of this century, that image would likely resemble the two volumes of The Sociolinguistics Reader. Certainly, the texts are a welcome and valuable addition to one's professional library, but moreover they can and indubitably will serve as representative foundational material for setting scholarly agendas in the new millennium. The editors have compiled selections by both well-known and lesserknown writers arranged around four broad themes: multilingualism and language contact, linguistic variation and change, gender, and discourse. An introduction to each section effectively acquaints the reader with some technical aspects and jargon of the body of work represented within, but by necessity falls short of being exhaustive. As a result, some articles are …

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1999

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