Sociolinguistics /
R.A. Hudson.
- 2nd ed.
- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- xv, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-270) and index.
Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties of language; 3. Language, culture and thought; 4. Speech as social interaction; 5. The quantitative study of speech; 6. Linguistic and social inequality; 7. Theoretical summary; Bibliography and citation index; Index.