Introduction to English Sociolinguistics
Apr. 2010 · Edinburgh University Press
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Designed for beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, this textbook provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to sociolinguistic variation, the book provides a systematic overview such topics as:*'English' as a social and as a linguistic concept*English speech communities*Social and regional dialectology in relation to varieties of English*English historical sociolinguistics, from Old English to late Modern English*Sociolinguistics and change in English*Outcomes of contact involving varieties of English*English and language planning*English, sociolinguistics and linguistic theory.The book contains data drawn from studies of English as it is used around the world. Throughout, there is an emphasis on facilitating a deeper understanding of linguistic variation in English and the social, political and cultural contexts in which speakers and writers of English operate.
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Graeme Trousdale is Professor of Cognitive Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Graeme's publications include Constructionalization and Constructional Changes, as co-author (OUP, 2016), New Directions in Grammaticalization Research, as co-editor (John Benjamins, 2015) and The Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar, as co-editor (OUP, 2013).
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