This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from Afrikaans to Yiddish. He has added a fascinating chapter on the development of a language as a result of a non-native speaker's use of it. Compelling and authoritative, this new edition of a bestselling book is set to redraw the boundaries of the study of sociolinguistics.
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Peter Trudgill is currently Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of: English Accents and Dialects (with Arthur Hughes); International English (with Jean Hannah); Applied Sociolinguistics; Language in the British Isles; The Dialects of England; The Sociolinguistics Reader (with Jenny Cheshire); and the Penguin books Bad Language (with Lars Andersson) and Introducing Language and Society. He lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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wonderful introduction to an exciting area,
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This review is from: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Fourth Edition (Mass Market Paperback)
I feel compelled to provide an American perspective of this work. A newcomer to the field of sociolinguistics, I found the book both fascinating and enticing; I now have no doubt that I will pursue linguistics in college next year. Dialectical differences within such nations as Switzerland, Luxembourg and Norway are delved into and discussed not exclusively in a linguistic context, but in social and political contexts as well. Trudgull's book is refreshingly absent of the ponderous esoteric jargon that so often detracts from "niche" works, and which effectively prevent "neophytes" from enjoying the subject. Well done.
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intrest toward sociolinguistics,
By Kimi Nakatsukasa (tokyo, japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society; Third Edition (Penguin Language and Linguistics) (Paperback)
I'm Japanese high school student. Having been intrested in linguistics fora long time, I decided to try this book. It was pretty dificul for me in terms of words and vocablary but this book let ma have an intrest toward sociolinguistics. This book contains a lot of examples. ( I couldn't fugure out all of them, though. ) And made me realize we never can say "correct English" or somewhat. If there is anyone who is intrested in linguistics, please giveme a line. I hope to share our knowledge anf the way of thought.
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Everyone knows what is supposed to happen when two English people who have never met before come face to face in a train - they start talking about the weather. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white dialects, dialect continuum, nonstandard varieties, traditional dialects, nonstandard dialects, covert prestige, diglossic situation, holiday this year, linguistic varieties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Standard English, New York, British Isles, United States, American English, Jamaican Creole, Swiss German, North America, West African, American Indian, British English, African Americans, South Africa, Norwich English, American Blacks, Lowland Scots, New England, Scots English, Second World War, Standard Dutch, Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, Standard Scottish English, Ulster Scots, United Kingdom New!
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Everyone knows what is supposed to happen when two English people who have never met before come face to face in a train - they start talking about the weather. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white dialects, dialect continuum, nonstandard varieties, traditional dialects, nonstandard dialects, covert prestige, diglossic situation, holiday this year, linguistic varieties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Standard English, New York, British Isles, United States, American English, Jamaican Creole, Swiss German, North America, West African, American Indian, British English, African Americans, South Africa, Norwich English, American Blacks, Lowland Scots, New England, Scots English, Second World War, Standard Dutch, Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic, Standard Scottish English, Ulster Scots, United Kingdom New!
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- Language Myths by Laurie Bauer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Dialects in Contact (Language in Society) by Peter Trudgill in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Language in the British Isles by Peter Trudgill in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Bad Language by Lars Andersson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- RL E: Anthropology and Ethnography: Social Anthropology and Language by Edwin Ardener in Back Matter
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