Ronald Wardhaugh, Janet M. Fuller

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text helps students develop a critical perspective on language in society as they explore the complex connections between societal norms and language use. The eighth edition contains new and updated coverage of such topics as the societal aspects of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), multilingual societies and discourse, gender and sexuality, ideologies and language attitudes, and the social meanings of linguistic forms. Organized in four sections, this text first covers traditional language issues such as the distinction between languages and dialects, identification of regional and social variation within languages, and the role of context in language use and interpretation. Subsequent chapters cover approaches to research in sociolinguistics--variationist sociolinguistics, ethnography, and discourse analytic research--and address both macro- and micro-sociolinguistic aspects of multilingualism in national, transnational, global, and digital contexts. The concluding section of the text looks at language in relation to gender and sexuality, education, and language planning and policy issues. Featuring examples from a variety of languages and cultures that illustrate topics such as social and regional dialects, multilingualism, and the linguistic construction of identity, this text provides perspectives on both new and foundational research in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Eighth Edition, remains the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate course in sociolinguistics, language and society, linguistic anthropology, applied and theoretical linguistics, and education. The new edition has also been updated to support classroom application with a range of effective pedagogical tools, including end-of-chapter written exercises and an instructor website, as well as materials to support further learning such as reading suggestions, research ideas, and an updated companion student website containing a searchable glossary, a review guide, additional exercises and examples, and links to online resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119473541
• Artikelnr.: 61627231

Autorenporträt

RONALD WARDHAUGH is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of number of books, including Proper English (Wiley Blackwell, 1998) and Understanding English Grammar, Second Edition (Wiley Blackwell, 2003). JANET M. FULLER is Professor and Chair of Language and Society, Department of European Languages and Cultures, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Her previous publications have explored many aspects of multilingualism, with a recent focus on language ideologies, social identities, and discourses of national belonging. She is the author of Spanish Speakers in the USA and Bilingual Pre-Teens: Competing Ideologies and Multiple Identities in the US and Germany, and co-author of Speaking Spanish in the US and co-editor of Studies in Contact Linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures xiii

List of Tables xiv

Acknowledgments xv

About the Companion Website xvii

1 Introduction 1

Key Topics 1

The Nature of Language 2

Knowledge of Language 3

Competence and performance 4

Variation 6

Variants and the linguistic variable 7

Language Users and Their Groups: Identities 8

Language and Culture 10

Directions of influence 11

The Whorfian hypothesis 11

Correlations 13

The Interdisciplinary Legacy of Sociolinguistics 14

Overview of the Book 16

Chapter Summary 16

Exercises 17

Further Reading 18

References 19

Part I Languages, Communities, and Contexts 23

2 Languages, Dialects, and Varieties 25

Key Topics 25

What is a Language? 25

Language or Dialect? 26

Mutual intelligibility 27

The role of social identity 29

Standardization 30

The standard as an abstraction 30

The standardization process 31

The standard and language change 32

Standard language? 33

The standard-dialect hierarchy 33

Regional Dialects 34

Dialect geography 34

Everyone has an accent 35

Social Dialects 36

Kiezdeutsch 'neighborhood German' 37

Ethnic dialects 39

African American Vernacular English 40

Features of AAVE 41

Development of AAVE 42

Societal aspects of AAVE Use 43

Styles and Indexes: The Social Meanings of Linguistic Forms 43

Chapter Summary 47

Exercises 47

Further Reading 48

References 49

3 Defining Groups 55

Key Topics 55

Speech Communities 56

Linguistic boundaries 56

Shared norms 57

Communities of Practice 60

Social Networks 62

Social Identities 64

Beliefs about Language and Social Groups 65

Language ideologies 66

The standard language ideology 66

The purist ideology 67

Monoglossic ideologies 67

Iconicity, erasure, and recursivity 68

Language attitudes 69

Perceptual dialectology 69

Matched/verbal guises 70

Implicit association task (IAT) 71

Chapter Summary 72

Exercises 72

Further Reading 73

References 74

4 Language in Context: Pragmatics 79

Key Topics 79

Speech Acts 79

Performatives 80

Implicature 83

Maxims 83

Politeness 85

Face 85

Positive and negative politeness 86

Beyond politeness theory 87

Politeness and indirectness 88

Pronouns 89

Tu and vous: power and solidarity 89

Pronouns and positioning 92

Naming and Titles 92

Fluidity and change in address terms 94

Chapter Summary 97

Exercises 97

Further Reading 100

References 100

Part II Theory and Methods 105

5 Language Variation and Change 107

Key Topics 107

Variables and Correlations 107

Types of linguistic variables 108

Indicators, markers and stereotypes 109

Independent variables 109

Data Collection and Analysis 110

The observer's paradox 110

The sociolinguistic interview 110

Sampling 111

Apparent time and real time 112

Doing Quantitative Research: What Do the