Sociolinguistic Theory (Language in Society) - Softcover

Chambers, J. K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631228829 ISBN 13: 9780631228820

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

Synopsis

Sociolinguistic Theory presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centering on the study of language variation and change.

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• Synthesizes the most important descriptive and theoretical findings concerning linguistic variation from the last forty years.
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• Provides an integrated framework for studying language variation and its social significance.
  
• Expands on the first edition's discussion of communicative competence and developmental sociolinguistics.
  
• Is written by one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of variation studies and includes data from his own work.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This revised edition of Sociolinguistic Theory brings together the most important descriptive and theoretical findings on linguistic variation and change. Incorporating the latest developments in the field along with updated references, it provides a critical synthesis of language variation, demonstrating how empirical explorations have made it among the most exciting fields in the contemporary study of language.

Coverage includes discussion of the linguistic variable and its significance, crucial social variables such as social stratification, sex, and age, and the cultural significance of linguistic variation. This edition also now includes an expanded introduction to social evaluation in terms of attitudes. Written by one of the world's foremost scholars in the field of variation studies, Sociolinguistic Theory offers an ideal synthesis of variation theory.

About the Author:

J. K. Chambers is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is co-editor of The Handbook of Language Variation and Change (with Peter Trudgill and Natalie Schilling-Estes, Wiley-Blackwell, 2002), co-author (with Peter Trudgill) of Dialectology (2nd edition, 1998), and also author of other books and scores of articles. He works extensively as a forensic consultant, and maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism, including the prizewinning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0631228829
• ISBN 13: 9780631228820
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344