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English Sociolinguistics An Introduction

Coming soon in May 2025

Authors

Daniel Schreier
, University of Zurich

Description

Covering both traditional topics and innovative approaches, this textbook constitutes a comprehensive introduction to English sociolinguistics. Reflecting the field's breadth and diversity, it guides students through the development of research on language and society over the last sixty years, as well as global trends and related fields such as World Englishes, language politics, language and inequality, and translanguaging. It features practical activities, for both individual work and in-class discussion, as well as vignettes introducing specific case studies, additional information on…

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Key features

  • ·Accessible, engaging and pedagogically rich style without compromising on academic rigour.
  • Attention is paid to a diverse range of locales, class diversity, English from a range of backgrounds and global linguistic inequalities (including dialect prejudice), language politics and translanguaging.
  • Draws on illuminating examples from around the English-speaking world, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
  • Coherent overview of central fields and domains with coverage of both macro and micro approaches.
  • Dedicated chapter on historical sociolinguistics.
  • Readers are informed of both the required fundamentals as well as ongoing cutting-edge lines of thinking, topics, theories, and methodological approaches.
  • Includes activities for both individual work with language data and in-class discussion of key issues.
  • Engaging and insightful interviews with a range of prominent sociolinguists constitute a moving conclusion to the book

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