LINGUIST List 15.1789

Fri Jun 11 2004

Books: Sociolinguistics: Trudgill

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

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1. Charlotte.Maxwell, A Glossary of Sociolinguistics: Trudgill

Title: A Glossary of Sociolinguistics
Series Title: Glossaries in Linguistics

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/

Book URL: http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/cgi/odbic.exe?input=NewWeb/Books/Trudgill2464.htm

Author: Peter Trudgill, Professor of English Linguistics at the
	University of Fribourg in Switzerland

Paperback: ISBN: 0748616233, Pages: 148, Price: U.K. � 6.99

			
Abstract:

"The publication of A Glossary of Sociolinguistics is a landmark
event. It signifies the dramatic growth of sociolinguistics over the
past several decades and the level of interest it now attracts. Peter
Trudgill has been through it all - as a pioneer, a developer and an
internationally renowned authority. No one is in a better position to
write a glossary of the field, and no one can match Trudgill's lucid,
readable style." Professor Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State
University

"Peter Trudgill's slim volume, A Glosssary of Sociolinguistics,
contains a wealth of information for readers seeking definitions,
explanations and examples of the technical terms most frequently
employed in sociolinguistics and dialectology." LINGUIST (online
list)

This pocket-sized alphabetic guide introduces popular terms used in
the study of language and society. A central topic within modern
linguistics, sociolinguistics deals with human communication and the
use of language in its social context. Clearly written by a leading
authority in the field, this glossary provides full coverage of both
traditional and contemporary terminology, including the relatively new
areas within sociolinguistics of sign language, gay language and
cross-cultural communication.

Key features:
* An ideal companion to courses in sociolinguistics, language
 variation and change, dialectology, English language and language and
 gender
* Contains illustrations, dialect maps and a bibliography
* Provides linguistic examples of the terms defined
* Supplies numerous cross-references to related terms

Customers in North America please contact Oxford University Press(US)


Lingfield(s):	Sociolinguistics
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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