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Table of contents
List of Tables, Maps and Figuresx
Abbreviationsxiv
Acknowledgementsxv
Note to Readersxxiii
1. Clearing the Ground: Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches1 2. Regional Dialectology44 4. Language Variation and Change114 5. Language Choice and Code-switching148 6. Language in Interaction184 7. Gender and Language Use216 8. Language Contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and Death248 9. Language Contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and ‘New Englishes’279 10. Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power316 11. Sociolinguistics and Education354 12. Language Planning and Policy384 13. The Sociolinguistics of Sign Language419 Epilogue449
Further Reading455
Next Steps458
Bibliography459
Glossary490
Index493
