目录 List of Figures xvii List of Tables xviii List of Contributors xix Introduction Florian Coulmas 1 Part I Foundations 13 1 The Evolution of a Sociolinguistic Theory of Language R. B. Le Page 15 2 The Demography of Language Albert F. Verdoodt 33 Part II Social Dimensions of Language 45 3 Varieties and Variation James Milroy and Lesley Milroy 47 4 Language Change in Progress: Variation as It Happens Norman Denison 65 5 Social Factors in Language Change William Bright 81 6 Sociophonology John Honey 92 7 Dialect in Society Walt Wolfram 107 8 Gender as a Sociolinguistic Variable: New Perspectives on Variation Studies Ruth Wodak and Gertraud Benke 127 9 Age as a Sociolinguistic Variable Penelope Eckert 151 10 Spoken and Written Language Celia Roberts and Brian Street 168 11 The Sociolinguistics of Communication Media Gerhard Leitner 187 12 Diglossia as a Sociolinguistic Situation Harold F. Schiffman 205 13 Code-switching Carol Myers-Scotton 217 14 Language Contact and Language Generation: Pidgins and Creoles John R. Rickford and John McWhorter 238 15 Language Contact and Language Degeneration Colette Grinevald Craig 257 Part III Linguistic Dimensions of Society 271 16 Language Contact and Language Displacement Matthias Brenzinger 273 17 Language Conflict Peter Hans Nelde 285 18 Multilingualism Michael Clyne 301 19 Language and Identity Andrée Tabouret-Keller 315 20 Language and Ethnicity: The View from Within A. Fishman 327 21 Global Scale Sociolinguistics Grant D. McConnell 344 22 Language and the Mediation of Experience: Linguistic Representation and Cognitive Orientation Michael Stubbs 358 23 Linguistic Etiquette Gabriele Kasper 374 Part IV Applied Issues 387 24 Sociolinguistics and Education Ludo Verhoeven 389 25 Bilingual Education Ofelia García 405 26 Sociolinguistics and the Law Edward Finegan 421 27 Language Planning and Language Reform Denise Daoust 436 Bibliography 453 Index 521
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