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Title: Sociolinguistics : An introduction to language and society | Author(s): Peter Trudgill | Publisher: Penguin Books | Year: 2000 | Edition: 4th | Language: English | Pages: 243 | Size: 8 MB  | Extension: pdf

This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgills book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating chapter on the development of a language as a result of a non-native speakers use of it. Compelling and authoritative, this new edition of a bestselling book is set to redraw the boundaries of the study of sociolinguistics.

Table of contents :
List of Figures, Maps and Tables vii
Acknowledgements ix
Phonetic Symbols xi
1 Sociolinguistics - Language and Society I
2 Language and Social Class 23
3 Language and Ethnic Group 42
4 Language and Sex 6r
5 Language and Context Sr
6 Language and Social Interaction ro5
7 Language and Nation n9
8 Language and Geography 147
9 Language and Contact 165
10 Language and Humanity 185
Annotated Bibliography and Further Reading 205
Index 2II