by Janet Holmes · Longman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582060623
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«An Introduction to Sociolinguistics» is Janet Holmes's introductory sociolinguistics textbook, published by Longman in paperback (432 pages).
An introductory work that examines the relationship between language and society through diverse examples. It is divided into three sections: language use in multilingual communities and the processes of language change, shift, and death; linguistic variation linked to social factors such as ethnicity, gender, or class; and the influence of attitudes towards language on verbal behaviour, with attention to the social context.
Part of the Learning About Language series. Published in 1992 in English, with bibliography and index.
Aimed at linguistics students and readers new to the study of sociolinguistics.
