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. This edition also includes an expanded introduction to social evaluation in terms of attitudes. Written by one of the world's foremost scholars in the field, this text offers an ideal synthesis of variationtheory. INDICE: List of Figures. List of Tables. Series Editor's Preface. Preface.Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Revised Edition. Acknowledgements. Part I: Correlations. 1.The Domain of Sociolinguistics. 2. The Variable asa Structural Unit. 3. Variation and the Tradition of Categoricity. Part II: Class, Network and Mobility. 4. Social Class and Sociolinguistic Sampling. 5. Indexing Social Class. 6. Class Markers. 7. The Effects of Mobility. 8. Homogenization. 9. Networks. 10. Linguistic Correlates of Network Integration. 11. Interaction of Network and Other Independent Variables. 12. Oddballs and Insiders. Part III: Expressing Sex and Gender. 13. The Interplay of Biology and Sociology. 14. Sex Patterns with Stable Variables. 15. Language, Gender and Mobility in Two Communities. 16. Sex and Gender Differences in Language. 17. Male andFemale Speech Patterns in Other Societies. 18. Linguistic Evidence for Sex and Gender Differences. Part IV: Accents in Time. 19. Aging. 20. The Acquisitionof Sociolects. 21. Family and Friends. 22. Declaration of Adolescence. 23. Young Adults in the Talk Market. 24. Changes in Progress. Part V: Adaptive Significance of Language Variation. 25. The Babelian Hypothesis. 26. Global Counteradaptivity and Local Adaptivity. 27. Dialects in Lower Animals. 28. The Persistence of the Non-Standard. 29. Traditional Theories of the Sources of Diversity. 30. A Sociolinguistic Theory of the Sources of Diversity. 31. Vernacular Roots. 32. Linguistic Variation and Social Identity. Notes. References. Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-5246-4
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 21/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés