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Coupland, Nikolas and Adam Jaworski. 1997. Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook. (Modern Linguistics Series). MacMillan. xi + 505 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and society | social context | sociolinguistics
ISBN
0-333-61180-2

Annotation

An introductory textbook to the field of sociolinguistics: roots, evolution, research agenda, subbranches, classic primary texts.

Articles in this volume

Hymes, Dell H. The Scope of Sociolinguistics. 12–22
Labov, William. Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. 23–24
Fishman, Joshua A. The Sociology of Language. 25–30
Halliday, M.A.K. Language in a Social Perspective. 31–38
Gumperz, John J. Communicative Competence. 39–48
Hodge, Robert and Gunther R. Kress. Social Semiotics, Style and Ideology. 49–54
Cameron, Deborah. Demythologizing Sociolinguistics. 55–67
Milroy, Lesley. Field Linguistics. 75–88
Fasold, Ralph W. and Walt Wolfram. Field Methods in the Study of Social Dialects. 89–115
Wolfson, Nessa. Speech Events and Natural Speech. 116–125
Saville-Troike, Muriel. The Ethnografic Analysis of Communicative Events. 126–144
Cameron, Deborah, Elizabeth Frazer, Penelope Harvey, Ben Rampton and Kay Richardson. Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment in Researching Language. 145–162
Labov, William. The Social Stratification or (r) in New York City Department Stores. 168–178
Trudgill, Peter. The Social differentiation of English in Norwich. 179–184
Cheshire, Jenny. Linguistic Variation and Social Function. 185–198
Milroy, James and Lesley Milroy. Network Structure and Linguistic Change. 199–211
Eckert, Penelope. The Whole Woman: Sex and Gender Differences in Variation. 212–228
Giles, Howard and Peter Powesland. Accommodation Theory. 232–239
Bell, Allan. Language Style as Audience Design. 240–251
Trudgill, Peter. Acts of Conflicting Identity: The Sociolinguists of British Pop-song Pronunciation. 251–265
Hewstone, Miles and Howard Giles. Social Groups and Social Stereotypes. 270–283
Edwards, John R. Social Class Differences and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech. 284–290
Kristiansen, Tore. Language Attitudes in a Danish Cinema. 291–305
Bourhis, Richard. Language Policies and Language Attitudes: Le Monde de la Francophonie. 306–322
Fishman, Joshua A. Language, Ethnicity and Racism. 329–340
Haugen, Einar. Language Standardization. 341–352
Romaine, Suzanne. Pidgin English Advertising. 353–360
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope. Code-switching: Language Selection in Three Strasbourg Department Stores. 361–375
Gal, Susan. Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community. 376–390
Gumperz, John J. Interethnic Communication. 395–407
Edwards, Viv. Patois and the Politics of Protest: Black English in British Classrooms. 408–415
Fishman, Pamela. Interaction: The Work Women Do. 416–429
Ochs, Elinor. Cultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition. 430–437
Whorf, Benjamin Lee. The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behaviour to Language. 443–463
Agar, Michael. The Biculture in Bilingual. 464–471
Labov, William. Rules for Ritual Insults. 472–486
Herbert, Robert K. The Sociology of Compliment Work in Polish and English. 487–500

Reviewed by

Roberts, Felicia. 2001. Review of $Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook.