An introduction to sociolinguistics - Holmes, Janet 1947-; Wilson, Nick (Sociolinguist) (London New York, NY Routledge, 2017)
1. What do sociolinguistics study? -- Section I. Multiligual speech communities -- 2. Language choice in multilingual communities -- 3. Language maintenance and shift -- Linguistics varieties and multilingual nations -- 5. National languages and language planning -- Section II. Langauge variation: focus on users -- 6. Regional and social dialects -- 7. Gender and age -- Ethnicity and social networks -- 9. Language change -- Section III. Language variation: focus on uses -- 10. Style, context and register -- 11. Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication -- 12. Gender, politeness and stereotypes -- 13. Language, cognition and culture -- 14. Analysing discourse -- Attitudes and applications -- 16. Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 477-538)
Keywords: Sociolinguistics; Language and languages; Speech and social status