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Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students
Peter Stockwell
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Description for Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics. This work draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the "Japanese Asahi Evening News". It uses real studies designed and conducted by students. Series: Routledge English Language Introductions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white tables, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
Sociolinguistics:
- provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
- draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News
- uses real studies designed and conducted by students
- provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard
- is accompanied by a supporting website.
New to this edition:
- an entire new section on forensic linguistics
- additional material on language and gender, conversation analysis and spoken discourse
- comprehensively updated exercises, readings and references.
The accompanying website to this book can be ... Read more
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Routledge English Language Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415401272
SKU
V9780415401272
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About Peter Stockwell
Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham and the author of many books and academic articles in the fields of literature and language, sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, language and cognition, surrealism and literary theory. Peter is the editor of the Routledge English Language Introductions series.
Reviews for Sociolinguistics: A Resource Book for Students
Praise for the first edition 'The book's greatest strength is its accessibility. Language and tables are extremely clear, and Stockwell's writing style is comfortable, conversational and nonthreatening ... [he] displays a sense of humour that helps move the learning process along.' - Journal of Multilingual & Multicutural Development