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An Introduction to English Sociolinguistics / Graeme Trousdale.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELAPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (168 p.) : 4 B/W halftones 2 MapsContent type:
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  • 9780748623242
  • 9780748630004
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- To readers -- 1 What is ‘English’? -- 2 Communities, networks and individuals -- 3 English and language planning -- 4 Regional and social variation -- 5 Change in English -- 6 English historical sociolinguistics -- 7 Language contact -- 8 Dialect contact -- 9 Sociolinguistics and linguistic theory -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index
Summary: This textbook, aimed primarily at beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to sociolinguistic variation, the book provides a systematic overview of such topics as: 'English' as a social and as a linguistic conceptThe relationship between regional and social dialectology, and their application to the study of EnglishEnglish historical sociolinguistics, from Old English to late Modern EnglishSociolinguistics and change in EnglishOutcomes of contact involving varieties of EnglishEnglish and language planningEnglish, sociolinguistics and linguistic theory.The book contains data drawn from studies of English as it is used around the world. Throughout, there is an emphasis on facilitating a deeper understanding of linguistic variation in English and the social, political and cultural contexts in which speakers and writers of English operate.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748630004

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- To readers -- 1 What is ‘English’? -- 2 Communities, networks and individuals -- 3 English and language planning -- 4 Regional and social variation -- 5 Change in English -- 6 English historical sociolinguistics -- 7 Language contact -- 8 Dialect contact -- 9 Sociolinguistics and linguistic theory -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index

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This textbook, aimed primarily at beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to sociolinguistic variation, the book provides a systematic overview of such topics as: 'English' as a social and as a linguistic conceptThe relationship between regional and social dialectology, and their application to the study of EnglishEnglish historical sociolinguistics, from Old English to late Modern EnglishSociolinguistics and change in EnglishOutcomes of contact involving varieties of EnglishEnglish and language planningEnglish, sociolinguistics and linguistic theory.The book contains data drawn from studies of English as it is used around the world. Throughout, there is an emphasis on facilitating a deeper understanding of linguistic variation in English and the social, political and cultural contexts in which speakers and writers of English operate.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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