This Very Short Introduction deals with the social life of language, presenting a succinct account of the most important aspects - both "micro" and "macro" - of sociolinguistics, such as language variation, language attitudes, and the relationship between language and identity.
This Very Short Introduction deals with the social life of language, presenting a succinct account of the most important aspects - both micro and macro - of sociolinguistics, such as language variation, language attitudes, and the relationship between language and identity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
