Synopses & Reviews
This new edition of R. A. Hudson's Sociolinguistics will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect changes in the field since publication of the first edition in 1980, the author has added new sections on politeness, accommodation, and prototypes; and he has expanded discussion of sex differences in language use, and the relationship between language and thought. Ample coverage of classic topics such as varieties of language, speech as social interaction, the quantitative study of speech, and linguistic and social inequality, remains.
Synopsis
'This new edition of Richard Hudsonâs Sociolinguistics reflects changes since the first publication in 1980 by including new sections on topics such as politeness, accommodation and prototypes as well as expanding discussion on sex differences. There remains ample coverage of classic topics such as varieties of language.\n
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Synopsis
To reflect changes in the field since publication of the first edition in 1980, the author has added new sections on politeness, accommodation, and prototypes. He has also expanded discussion of sex differences in language use and the relationship between language and thought.
Table of Contents
Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties of language; 3. Language, culture and thought; 4. Speech as social interaction; 5. The quantitative study of speech; 6. Linguistic and social inequality; 7. Theoretical summary; Bibliography and citation index; Index.