Tag: Sociolinguistics

Free Download Elena Kkese, "Revisiting Second Language Sociolinguistics: Case Studies from Across the Globe"
English | ISBN: 152751868X | 2023 | 220 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book investigates socio-linguistic interactions in different second language (L2) contexts in an effort to identify the trends that lead to the acquisition of sociolinguistic variations by L2 learners, contributing significantly to L2 research and practice. It addresses sociolinguistic subjects such as multilingualism and its effects, as well as regional and social dialectology in L2. The different chapters explore the overall effect that society – including cultural norms, expectations, and contexts – has on L2 usage. They also consider how language varieties differ between groups separated by certain social variables such as ethnicity, religion, status, gender, level of education, and age, and how these variables categorise individuals into social or socioeconomic classes. The volume brings together careful theoretical and empirical research conducted in different countries, including Catalonia, Finland, Greece, Malta, Malaysia, the Republic of Cyprus, and the United Arab Emirates.

Free Download Dick Smakman, "Discovering Sociolinguistics: From Theory to Practice"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 113751907X | PDF | pages: 309 | 3.9 mb
This engagingly written textbook provides a unique ‘hands-on’ introduction to sociolinguistics, which equips readers with the tools to start their own sociolinguistic research project. The book begins by outlining the historical, theoretical and cultural space in which language use occurs, before delving into the key topics and concepts of today’s field. It examines the choices speakers make in everyday life and assesses language and status across the world, by investigating variation in cultural norms. Sociolinguistic variables such as age and gender are surveyed, along with the socio-cultural context of second language acquisition. The second half of the book equips readers with the skills needed to undertake sociolinguistic research of their own.

Free Download John Edwards, "Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction "
English | ISBN: 0199858616 | 2013 | 152 pages | AZW3 | 1119 KB
Sociolinguistics deals with the social life of language, language in its sociocultural context. It is a branch of linguistics that looks less at the shape or sound of words-morphology or phonology-and more at how our words and sentences are influenced by the society around us-for instance, how the accent or the dialect we use has been shaped by where we come from or which social class we belong to.

Free Download Rubén Chacón Beltrán, "English Sociolinguistics"
English | ISBN: 8436277015 | 2021 | 256 pages | PDF | 13 MB
This book aims to provide the reader with a general framework for the study of English Sociolinguistics. It will introduce the student to the fascinating world of languages in interaction and may also awaken the reader?s interest in researching other aspects of this field, with a particular focus on the English language. This book can also serve as basic training in sociolinguistics, language variation, language contact, and language education for language and CLIL teachers, as they prepare for teaching tasks in the bilingual language classroom. Different ways in which language and society are interconnected and interact are presented in this book. There are many possible relations between language and society and some of them will be discussed in these pages. Social structure and organisation also determine linguistic structure and usage, thus showing that the relationship between language and society is bidirectional.