Contents vii List of Boxes xi
Research in the Spotlight xiv
Companion Website xvi
Acknowledgments xvii
1. Introduction 1
2. Language and Society 10
3. Place 25
4. Social Status 47
5. Time 60
6. Ethnicity 75
7. Gender and Identity 85
8. Style 104
9. Interaction 116
10. Multilingualism 127
11. Language Contact 136
12. Attitudes and Ideologies 148
13. Language as a Social Entity 161
14. Education 175
15. What is Sociolinguistics? 188
Glossary 197
Bibliography 213
Index 229
Gerard Van Herk is a Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has researched and written on varieties of the English language and is the editor of Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications (eds. with C. Mallinson and B. Childs, 2013).
?This is a delightfully engaging introduction to the passionate
purpose of sociolinguistics. Van Herk is a masterful guide who
personally escorts students on an informative, entertaining tour of
the field. Students experience sociolinguistics through the perfect
blend of substance, interaction, and autobiographical perspective.?
? Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University
?What is Sociolinguistics offers a refreshingly different take on
many of the standard, key concepts in the field. It is funny,
clear, and distinctly personal, providing essential information
about sociolinguistics and referring students to a host of other
works that can take them deeper if they wish.? ? John Rickford,
Stanford University
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