01793cam a2200265 a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000250008802000350011304000180014805000190016608200190018510000220020424500750022626000520030130000350035350400640038850507830045265000220123585600760125785600880133385601060142113655433OSt20190828113124.0040715s2005    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2004054220  a9780521543934 (pbk.)  a0521543932 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aP40b.C63 200500a306.44 COU2231 aCoulmas, Florian.10aSociolinguistics :bthe study of speakers' choices /cFlorian Coulmas.  aNew York  :bCambridge University Press,c2005.  aviii, 263 p. :bill. ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index.  a1. Introduction: notions of language; Part I. Micro Choices: 2. Standard and dialect: social stratification as a factor of linguistic choice; 3. Gendered speech: sex as a factor of linguistic choice; 4. Communicating across generations: age as a factor of linguistic choice; 5. Choice and change; 6. Politeness: cultural dimensions of linguistic choice; Part II. Macro Choices: 7. Code-switching: linguistic choices across boundaries; 8. Diglossia and bilingualism: functional restrictions on language choice; 9. Language spread, shift and maintenance: how groups choose their language; 10. Language and identity: individual, social, national; 11. Language planning: communication demands, public choice, utility; 12. Select letters: a major divide; 13. The language of choice.  0aSociolinguistics.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004054220.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam051/2004054220.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004054220-b.html