An Introduction to English Sociolinguistics / / Graeme Trousdale.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Trousdale, Graeme,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.) :; 4 B/W halftones 2 Maps

This textbook, aimed primarily at beginning undergraduates studying for degrees in English, provides an introduction to a range of sociolinguistic theories and the insights they provide for a greater understanding of varieties of English, past and present. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to sociolinguistic variation, the book provides a systematic overview of such topics as: 'English' as a social and as a linguistic conceptThe relationship between regional and social dialectology, and their application to the study of EnglishEnglish historical sociolinguistics, from Old English to late Modern EnglishSociolinguistics and change in EnglishOutcomes of contact involving varieties of EnglishEnglish and language planningEnglish, sociolinguistics and linguistic theory.The book contains data drawn from studies of English as it is used around the world. Throughout, there is an emphasis on facilitating a deeper understanding of linguistic variation in English and the social, political and cultural contexts in which speakers and writers of English operate.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- To readers -- 1 What is ‘English’? -- 2 Communities, networks and individuals -- 3 English and language planning -- 4 Regional and social variation -- 5 Change in English -- 6 English historical sociolinguistics -- 7 Language contact -- 8 Dialect contact -- 9 Sociolinguistics and linguistic theory -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index