Introducing Sociolinguistics - Hardcover

Mesthrie, Rajend; Etc.; Swann, Joan; Deumert, Anna; Leap, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748611932 ISBN 13: 9780748611935

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Offering a synthesis of various approaches to sociolinguistics, this work covers areas such as code-choice, language variation, dialectology, gender, multilingualism, language contact, language learning, interactional studies, language inequality, and power. At the same time, the book provides an integrated perspective on these themes by examining sociological theories of human interaction. It also contains two chapters on the applications of sociolinguistics, and a concluding chapter on the sociolinguistics of sign language.

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About the Author

Rajend Mesthrie is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Senior Research Scholar at the University of Cape Town. He was Head of the Linguistics Section (1998 – 2009), and holder of an NRF research chair in migration, language, and social change. He was President of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa (2002-2009) and President of the International Congress of Linguists (2013-2018). He is an elected honorary life member of SALALS (South African Linguistic and Applied Linguistics Society) and the LSA (Linguistic Society of America). He is a past co-editor of English Today (2008-2012).Amongst his book publications are Language in Indenture: a Sociolinguistic history of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa (1992, reprinted. 2019), Introducing Sociolinguistics (with Swann, Deumert & Leap, Edinburgh University Press 2009), Language in South Africa (ed., 2002) and Youth Language Practices & Urban Language Contact in Africa (ed., with Hurst-Harosh & Brookes, 2021).

Joan Swann is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication in the School of Education at the Open University, UK.

Ana Deumert is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Section, Department of English, University of Cape Town.

William Leap is Professor of Anthropology at the American University, Washington DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748611932
• ISBN 13: 9780748611935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528