Sociolinguistics: A Reader

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-11
The Scope of Sociolinguistics....Pages 12-22
Linguistics and Sociolinguistics....Pages 23-24
The Sociology of Language....Pages 25-30
Language in a Social Perspective....Pages 31-38
Communicative Competence....Pages 39-48
Social Semiotics, Style and Ideology....Pages 49-54
Demythologizing Sociolinguistics....Pages 55-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-74
Field Linguistics....Pages 75-88
Field Methods in the Study of Social Dialects....Pages 89-115
Speech Events and Natural Speech....Pages 116-125
The Ethnographic Analysis of Communicative Events....Pages 126-144
Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment in Researching Language....Pages 145-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-167
The Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores....Pages 168-178
The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich....Pages 179-184
Linguistic Variation and Social Function....Pages 185-198
Network Structure and Linguistic Change....Pages 199-211
The Whole Woman: Sex and Gender Differences in Variation....Pages 212-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-231
Accommodation Theory....Pages 232-239
Language Style as Audience Design....Pages 240-250
Front Matter....Pages 229-231
Acts of Conflicting Identity: The Sociolinguistics of British Pop-song Pronunciation....Pages 251-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-269
Social Groups and Social Stereotypes....Pages 270-283
Social Class Differences and the Identification of Sex in Children’s Speech....Pages 284-290
Language Attitudes in a Danish Cinema....Pages 291-305
Language Policies and Language Attitudes: Le Monde de la Francophonie....Pages 306-322
Front Matter....Pages 323-328
Language, Ethnicity and Racism....Pages 329-340
Language Standardization....Pages 341-352
Pidgin English Advertising....Pages 353-360
Code-switching: Language Selection in Three Strasbourg Department Stores....Pages 361-375
Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community....Pages 376-390
Front Matter....Pages 391-394
Interethnic Communication....Pages 395-407
Patois and the Politics of Protest: Black English in British Classrooms....Pages 408-415
Interaction: The Work Women Do....Pages 416-429
Cultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition....Pages 430-437
Front Matter....Pages 439-442
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language....Pages 443-463
The Biculture in Bilingual....Pages 464-471
Rules for Ritual Insults....Pages 472-486
The Sociology of Compliment Work in Polish and English....Pages 487-500
Back Matter....Pages 501-505