02049cam a2200313 a 4500 718 718 13655433 OSt 20190828113124.0 040715s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng 2004054220 9780521543934 (pbk.) 0521543932 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC P40 .C63 2005 306.44 COU 23 Coulmas, Florian. Sociolinguistics : the study of speakers' choices / Florian Coulmas. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. viii, 263 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and index. 1. 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. Sociolinguistics. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004054220.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam051/2004054220.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2004054220-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STS 0 0 ddc 0 0 11/4 AIISH AIISH 2019-08-28 0 306.44 COU 14156 2019-08-28 00:00:00 2019-08-28 STS