Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics:

• provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
• draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News
• uses real studies designed and conducted by students
• provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard
• is accompanied by a supporting website.

New to this edition:

• an entire new section on forensic linguistics
• additional material on language and gender, conversation analysis and spoken discourse
• comprehensively updated exercises, readings and references.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at:

“Praise for the first edition 'Meets the need for a new coherent and developmental introduction to the subject. Provides up-to-date material, practical exercises, new first hand data and relevant questions. The whole structure and approach is satisfying to read and rewarding to use.' - Clive Grey, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, UK 'This textbook is enormously enabling. Not only does it comprehensively provide the basic theory and method at the right level, but beginners have the means and the models so that they can get their hands dirty with real data and real problems in doing Sociolinguistics.' - William Downes, University of East Anglia”

Praise for the first edition

'The book's greatest strength is its accessibility. Language and tables are extremely clear, and Stockwell's writing style is comfortable, conversational and nonthreatening ... [he] displays a sense of humour that helps move the learning process along.' - Journal of Multilingual & Multicutural Development

Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham and the author of many books and academic articles in the fields of literature and language, sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, language and cognition, surrealism and literary theory. Peter is the editor of the Routledge English Language Introductions series.

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible two-dimensional' structure is built around four sections - introduction, development, exploration and extension - which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Sociolinguistics: provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics draws on a range of texts: from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News uses real studies designed and conducted by students provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard is accompanied by a supporting website. Key features of the new edition include a new section on forensic linguistics and additional material on language and gender, conversation analysis, and spoken discourse. There are four new readings which investigate: the discourse practices of men; pidgins and creoles; politeness; and hidden voices in monologue. References have been updated and fresh examples and exercises have been included. Written by an experienced teacher and author, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics. Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of numerous books and most recently co-edited The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics. English Language and Linguistics/Communication Studies

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