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Introducing Sociolinguistics

by Mesthrie, Rajend; Swann, Joan; Deumert, Andrea; Leap, William L.; Mesthrie, Rajend

ISBN13: 9781556192067
ISBN10: 1556192061
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2000-02-01
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

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Table of Contents

List of Tables, Maps and Figures

x

List of Tables

x

List of Maps

x

List of Figures

xi

Abbreviations

xiv

Acknowledgements

xv

Note to Readers

xxiii

Clearing the Ground: Basic Issues, Concepts and Approaches

1

(43)

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

1

(5)

Relations between Language and Society

6

(6)

Prescriptivism

12

(8)

Standardisation

20

(6)

Speech vs Writing

26

(2)

Societies and Speech Communities

28

(10)

Monolingualism and Multilingualism

38

(4)

Conclusion

42

(2)

Notes

43

(1)

Regional Dialectology

44

(32)

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

44

(2)

A Multilingual Project: The Linguistic Survey of India

46

(3)

Monolingual Dialectology in Europe

49

(13)

Modern Approaches to Dialect

62

(8)

More Challenges for Dialectologists

70

(4)

Conclusion

74

(2)

Notes

75

(1)

Social Dialectology

76

(38)

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

76

(1)

Principles and Methods in Variationist Sociolinguistics: Three Case Studies

77

(15)

Fieldwork Methods in Variationist Sociolinguistics

92

(3)

A Closer Look at Stylistic and Social Categories

95

(15)

Sociolinguistics on Trial: An Application of Urban Dialectology

110

(2)

Conclusion

112

(2)

Notes

112

(2)

Language Variation and Change

114

(34)

Andrea Deumert

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

114

(1)

Two Models of Language Change

115

(8)

Vernacular Maintenance and Change

123

(9)

New Approaches to Variation and Change: The Need for Integration

132

(6)

Vowel Shifts: Towards a Holistic Approach to Dialect and Change

138

(8)

Conclusion: The Limits of Variation Theory

146

(2)

Notes

147

(1)

Language Choice and Code-switching

148

(36)

Joan Swann

Introduction

148

(1)

Evaluation and Accommodation: Language Variation as Meaningful

149

(3)

Language Choice in Bilingual Communities

152

(12)

Code-switching in Bidialectal and Bilingual Communities

164

(7)

Code-switching and Speaker Style

171

(11)

Conclusion

182

(2)

Note

183

(1)

Language in Interaction

184

(32)

Joan Swann

William L. Leap)

Introduction

184

(2)

Speaking and Silence

186

(4)

Narratives

190

(7)

Conversational Style

197

(4)

Encoding Relationships

201

(2)

Asymmetrical Talk

203

(11)

Conclusion

214

(2)

Gender and Language Use

216

(32)

Joan Swann

Introduction

216

(1)

Women's and Men's Languages

217

(4)

Variationist Studies: Quantifying Gender

221

(8)

Gender in Interaction: `Difference' and `Dominance'

229

(6)

Gender and Politeness

235

(3)

The Fluidity of `Language' and `Gender'

238

(5)

New Contexts for Communication

243

(3)

Conclusion

246

(2)

Notes

247

(1)

Language Contact 1: Maintenance, Shift and Death

248

(31)

Rajend Mesthrie

William L. Leap

Introduction

248

(1)

Contact and Borrowing

249

(4)

Language Maintenance, Shift and Death

253

(9)

The Linguistics of Obsolescence

262

(1)

A Case Study: Language Contact, Maintenance and Shift among Native Americans

263

(10)

Saving Endangered Languages

273

(4)

Conclusion

277

(2)

Notes

278

(1)

Language Contact 2: Pidgins, Creoles and `New Englishes'

279

(37)

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

279

(1)

Pidgins and Creoles

279

(10)

Pidgin Structures and Theories of their Origin

289

(8)

Creole Structures and Theories of their Origin

297

(7)

Language Spread and `New' Varieties of English

304

(10)

Conclusion

314

(2)

Notes

315

(1)

Critical Sociolinguistics: Approaches to Language and Power

316

(38)

Rajend Mesthrie

Andrea Deumert

Introduction

316

(1)

Power

317

(3)

Critical Discourse Analysis

320

(6)

Critical Language Awareness in Action

326

(7)

Resistance to Powerful Language

333

(9)

Sociolinguistics and Symbolic Power: The Work of Pierre Bourdieu

342

(10)

Conclusion

352

(2)

Notes

353

(1)

Sociolinguistics and Education

354

(30)

William L. Leap

Rajend Mesthrie

Introduction

354

(1)

Teaching, Learning and Schooling

355

(6)

Disadvantage and Classroom Language

361

(7)

Dialect and Language Choice in the Classroom

368

(13)

Conclusion

381

(3)

Notes

383

(1)

Language Planning and Policy

384

(35)

Andrea Deumert

Introduction

384

(1)

Dimensions of Language Planning

385

(3)

The Process of Language Planning

388

(6)

The Rational Choice Model and its Critics

394

(4)

The Question of Acceptance

398

(1)

Language Planning, Power and Ideology

399

(6)

Two Case Studies: Norway and South Africa

405

(12)

Conclusion

417

(2)

Notes

418

(1)

The Sociolinguistics of Sign Language

419

(30)

Andrea Deumert

Introduction

419

(1)

Some Aspects of the Structure of Sign Languages and other Sign Systems

419

(5)

The Deaf Community as a Linguistic Minority

424

(5)

Sign Language and Education

429

(4)

Language Contact, Diglossia and Code-switching

433

(5)

Sociolinguistic Variation in Sign Language

438

(6)

`Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language': Martha's Vineyard Revisited

444

(3)

Conclusion

447

(2)

Notes

447

(2)

Epilogue

449

(6)

Further Reading

455

(3)

Next Steps

458

(1)

Bibliography

459

(31)

Glossary

490

(3)

Index

493

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