Introduction to English Sociolinguistics
This textbook, aimed primarily at beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater…
Specifikacia Introduction to English Sociolinguistics
This textbook, aimed primarily at beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to sociolinguistic variation, the book provides a systematic overview of such topics as:'English' as a social and as a linguistic conceptThe relationship between regional and social dialectology, and their application to the study of EnglishEnglish historical sociolinguistics, from Old English to late Modern EnglishSociolinguistics and change in EnglishOutcomes of contact involving varieties of EnglishEnglish and language planningEnglish, sociolinguistics and linguistic theory.The book contains
Introduction to Middle English
Introduction to American English
Introduction to English Poetry