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Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction
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  • Acquaints the educated non-specialist with the social life of language
  • Offers the most up-to-date brief overview of sociolinguistics, in a nuanced approach which considers perspectives both historical and contemporary, "micro" and "macro," and the ways in which these intertwine
  • Addresses the social and political dynamics of names and naming, as well as questions about the relationship between language, gender, and religion

  
This Very Short Introduction deals with the social life of language: language in its sociocultural context. The field ranges from micro-analyses to broadly-based policy and planning undertakings. As such, this book draws from sociolinguistics, the sociology of language, and psycholinguistics. The relationship between language and identity - whether of an individual or a group - is a strong thread linking all the topics covered in the book. The "ordinary," instrumental, communicative aspects of language cannot be adequately understood without paying attention to the "symbolic" features that powerfully underpin feelings and attributions of "groupness" and "belonging." The book therefore focuses more on macro sociological areas than to fine-grained analyses of variation in linguistic features (though the latter are not ignored).
 
Edwards explains the differential social evaluations of languages and dialects, how names (and naming) are much more than simple designations, why some languages come to dominate others, as well as questions about the relationship between language and gender, sexist language, the language of poverty, the intertwining of language and religion, and politically driven language planning and policy. These matters have always been timely and of great social interest. The book demonstrates the connections and continuities that exist within the language arena in which we all participate, and about which all of us have opinions, preferences and prejudices. This is the first short treatment that acquaints the educated non-specialist with the social life of language. 

Index: 

List of illustrations
Chapter 1: Coming to Terms
Chapter 2: Variation and Change
Chapter 3: Perceptions of Language
Chapter 4: Protecting Language
Chapter 5: Languages Great and Small
Chapter 6: Loyalty, Maintenance, Shift, Loss and Revival
Chapter 7: In a World of Language
Chapter 8: Name, Sex and Religion
References
Further Reading
Index

About the author: 

John Edwards is professor of psychology at St. Francis Xavier University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199858613

Author: 
John Edwards
Pages
152 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
121 x 174 mm
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Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction

Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction

Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction