What is sociolinguistics?

What Is Sociolinguistics?
	Contents
	Boxes
	Companion Website
	Acknowledgments
	1: Introduction
		types of sociolinguistics
		background: the history of sociolinguistics
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	2: Language and Society
		defining “language” in sociolinguistics
		sociolinguists vs. other linguists
		sociolinguists vs. normal people
		language vs. dialect
		what is “society”?
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	3: Place
		how regional differences develop
		english, for example
		english worldwide: linguistic features
		isolation
		physical isolation: the case of newfoundland english
		linguistic isolation: the case of québec french
		social isolation: the case of african nova scotian english
		the social meaning of space
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	4: Social Status
		determining social class or status
		mobility
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	5: Time
		apparent time
		change
		real time studies of language change
		the s-shaped curve of language change
		subtle sound change: vowel shifts
		age: change across the lifespan
		acquiring sociolinguistic competence
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	6: Ethnicity
		ethnic language varieties
		ethnic naming and depictions
		crossing: using the language of others
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	7: Gender and Identity
		gender and interaction
		difference and dominance
		how languages encode gender
		gender and language change
		class
		identity, performance, and practice
		language and sexuality (or something)
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	8: Style
		defining and measuring style
		genre, register, jargon
		using other people’s stuff
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	9: Interaction
		ethnography of communication
		face
		solidarity and power
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	10: Multilingualism
		multilingual societies
		diglossia
		code-switching
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	11: Language Contact
		code-switching and borrowing
		contact languages: mixed languages, lingua franca, pidgins, creoles
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	12: Attitudes and Ideologies
		investigating language attitudes
		language beliefs (myths, ideologies)
		reading and responding
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	13: Language as a Social Entity
		language maintenance, shift, revitalization
		language policy and planning
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	14: Education
		the school as a sociolinguistic community
		what students bring to school
		languages of education
		what students take from school
		learning a language at school
		summing up
		exercises
		discussion
		special extra discussion questions for students in education programs or faculties
		other resources
	15: What is Sociolinguistics?
		the sociolinguistics of african american english
		language/society/community
		place
		social status
		time
		culture and ethnicity
		gender and identity
		style and code shifting
		interaction
		language contact and creoles
		attitudes and ideologies
		language planning and education
		summing up (the book, not just the chapter)
		exercises
		discussion
		other resources
	Glossary
	Bibliography
	Index