TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coulmas,Florian
TI  - Sociolinguistics: the study of speakers' choices 
SN  - 9780521543934 (pbk.)
AV  - P40 .C63 2005
U1  - 306.44 COU 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Sociolinguistics
N1  - 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.
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