本書是“當(dāng)代國外語言學(xué)與應(yīng)用語言學(xué)文庫”之一，全書共分7個章節(jié)，主要對社會語言學(xué)的相關(guān)知識作了介紹。書中所闡述的都是有關(guān)社會語言學(xué)的基本題目，也是學(xué)習(xí)語言學(xué)的學(xué)生或?qū)ι鐣Z言學(xué)感興趣的人們必須了解的一般知識。與同類書的不同之處在于本書的題目更概括，更理論化，更具啟發(fā)性。作者時時處處都會把社會語言學(xué)的觀點、看法和研究成果與理論語言學(xué)的傳統(tǒng)聯(lián)系起來，提出批評或表達自己的新看法，從這個角度來看，它不僅是語言學(xué)專業(yè)的學(xué)生必讀的教科書，而且也是語言學(xué)的研究人員不可或缺的參考文獻。
This new edition of R. A. Hudson's widely acclaimed textbook Sociolinguistics will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect changes in the field since publication of the first edition in 1980 the author has added new sections on politeness accommodation and prototypes; and he has expanded discussion of sex differences in language use and the relationship between language and thought. Over a third of the second edition is completely new and there is one entirely new chapter but ample coverage of classic topics such as varieties of language speech as social interaction the quantitative study of speech and linguistic and social inequality remains. Like the first the second edition of Sociolinguistics is an exceptionally clear and helpful overview of the relationship of language and society.
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