Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Fourth Edition

Trudgill, Peter

ISBN 10: 0140289216 / ISBN 13: 9780140289213

Published by Penguin Books, 2001

About this Item

The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Fourth Edition
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140289216
• ISBN 13: 9780140289213
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating chapter on the development of a language as a result of a non-native speaker's use of it. Compelling and authoritative, this new edition of a bestselling book is set to redraw the boundaries of the study of sociolinguistics.

About the Author

Peter Trudgill is currently Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of: English Accents and Dialects (with Arthur Hughes); International English (with Jean Hannah); Applied Sociolinguistics; Language in the British Isles; The Dialects of England; The Sociolinguistics Reader (with Jenny Cheshire); and the Penguin books Bad Language (with Lars Andersson) and Introducing Language and Society. He lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.