| 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.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mesthrie, Rajend.
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Asher, R. E.
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Encyclopedia of language and linguistics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0080437265 9780080437262 (DLC) 2001054486 xxvii, 1031 p. : ill. |
| ISBN |
9781849723244 (online) |
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0080437265 (HC : alk. paper) |
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