The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics - Hardcover

Bell, Allan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631228659 ISBN 13: 9780631228653

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics presents a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and terms of sociolinguistics, and of the goals, methods, and findings of sociolinguistic research.

• Introduces readers to the methodology and skills of doing hands-on research in this field
• Features chapter-by-chapter classic and contemporary case studies, exercises, and examples to enhance comprehension
• Offers wide-ranging coverage of topics across sociolinguistics. It begins with multilingualism, and moves on through...

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From the Back Cover

“No one sees and synthesizes the theoretical connections between diverse strands of sociolinguistic research better than Allan Bell. His Guidebook to Sociolinguistics is comprehensive, up-to-date, and especially rich in fresh examples and perspectives.”
John R. Rickford, Stanford University

“Bell has provided a detailed and authoritative road map to sociolinguistics. Carefully structured, clearly written, lively and accessible throughout, the Guidebook introduces all the major traditions of...

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About the Author

Allan Bell is Professor of Language & Communication, and Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. He is the Editor of the Journal of Sociolinguistics (Wiley-Blackwell), and of several books on New Zealand English and other languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0631228659
• ISBN 13: 9780631228653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386