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Book Overview
Sociolinguistics is the study of the different ways in which various groups of people use language. This book provides a brief yet comprehensive introduction to the field. It explores how sociolinguistics is linked to other disciplines such as history, politics and gender studies.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0194372111
ISBN13:9780194372114
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
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excellent coverage of the field
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Like the other books in the "Oxford Introduction to Language Study" series this book aims to provide a "brief but comprehensive introduction" (blurb) to its topic. Generally, Spolsky suceeds admirably: he provides a dense but still easily readable account which can be used as a first introduction to the field but also to recapitulate the most important areas of sociolinguistics. As usual, the book contains a survey of key concepts (only 80 pages!), short readings from other relevant works and a selection of annotated references.However, readers should be warned that the book is (because it is so short) necessarily rather dense. I regard this as positive, though. I'd rather read 70 pages than 300 with the same amount of information!
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