In:Introducing Sociolinguistics: Second Edition
Rajend Mesthrie, Joan Swann, Ana Deumert and William L. Leap
[Not in series 102] 2009
► pp. v–ix


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Table of contents

List of tablesx
List of mapsx
List of figuresxi
Abbreviationsxiv
Acknowledgementsxv
Note to readersxxiv
1. Clearing the ground: Basic issues, concepts and approaches1
2. Regional dialectology42
3. Social dialectology74
4. Language variation and change109
5. Language choice and code-switching146
6. Language in interaction183
7. Gender and language use213
8. Language contact 1: Maintenance, shift and death242
9. L anguage contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and 'New Englishes'271
10. Critical sociolinguistics: Approaches to language and power309
11. Sociolinguistics and education344
12. Language planning and policy371
13. The sociolinguistics of sign language407
Epilogue440
Further reading445
Next steps449
Bibliography450
Glossary482
Index485
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