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Title Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics [electronic resource] / edited by Rajend Mesthrie ; consulting editor, R.E. Asher.

Imprint Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Elsevier, 2001 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)

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Description 1 online resource (305 entries) : 71 images, digital files.
Note Based on the 10-volume: The encyclopedia of language and linguistics / R.E. Asher, editor-in-chief. 1994.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical referenceses.
Contents Introduction: Sociolinguistics: History and Overview / R. Mesthrie -- Section I. Foundations of Society and Language -- Section II. Language and Interaction -- Section III. Language Variation: Style, Situation, Function -- Section IV. Language Variation and Change: Dialects and Social Groups -- Section V. Language Contact -- Section VI. Language, Power and Inequality -- Section VII. Language Planning, Policy, Practice -- Section VIII. Language and Education -- Section IX. Methods in Sociolinguistics -- Section X. The Profession -- Profiles of Sociolinguists -- Alphabetical List of Articles.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary This is the ninth in the acclaimed series of spinoff volumes based on the outstanding Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. It contains articles, including short biographical entries, providing uniquely comprehensive and authoritative coverage of all aspects of sociolinguistics.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Sociolinguistics -- Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Mesthrie, Rajend.
Asher, R. E.
Credo Reference (Firm)
Added Title Encyclopedia of language and linguistics.
Other Form: Print version: 0080437265 9780080437262 (DLC) 2001054486 xxvii, 1031 p. : ill.
ISBN 9781849723244 (online)
0080437265 (HC : alk. paper)

 
    
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