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Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Wardhaugh, Ronald

 
9780631204992: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)

Synopsis

The new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh′s immensely popular textbook incorporates a wealth of new material reflecting the progress of the field since the start of the 1990s, with coverage of some 150 recent books or papers.

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About the Author

Ronald Wardhaugh was formerly Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His many successful books include most recently Understanding English Grammar, (Blackwell, 1995).

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Since it first appeared more than ten years ago, Ronald Wardhaugh′s Introduction to Sociolinguistics has been an immensely popular choice of textbook for courses in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language. This third edition retains the basic structure of the original, but incorporates a wealth of new material reflecting the progress of the field since the start of the 1990s.

In particular, the coverage of pidgins and creoles, code switching, sociolinguistic variation, language change, discourse analysis and of language and gender have been considerably revised and extended, with coverage of some 150 recent books or papers.

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