Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society

Trudgill, Peter

ISBN 10: 0140224793 / ISBN 13: 9780140224795

Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1983

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First printing of this mass market paperback edition - a Pelican book. Pp 204. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society
• Publisher: Penguin, Harmondsworth
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140224793
• ISBN 13: 9780140224795
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First printing of this edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This is a revised edition of Peter Trudgill's introduction to that part of linguistics which is concerned with language as a social and cultural phenomenon. The text explores the close line between language and society, and the factors that influence the way we speak including: gender; age; environment; race and class; the part of the country we come from; whom we identify with; and whom we distrust. The many variations in spoken English are explored in depth, as well as related pidgins and creoles such as those of the West Indies. He shows how these are not just a form of "broken English".

About the Author

Peter Trudgill is professor of English linguistics at Fribourg, Switzerland. An author of many books and articles on sociolinguistics and dialectology, he has carried out linguistic fieldwork in most countries.