《社会语言学导论》(An Introduction to Sociolinguistics)共有11章,主要从微观社会语言学的角度来探讨社会语言学所涉猎的基本概念。从第1章到第11章分别介绍:社会语言学的含义和研究范畴;语言变异;语言与文化;语言与政治;语言与媒体;语言与性别、年龄和社会**;语言与身份地位;语言变化;语言规划;21世纪语言问题探讨;语言预测。本书在每章的结尾处还附有参考文献方便读者查阅。附在本书后面的社会语言学相关专业词汇表也便于广大读者参照。

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Linguistic varieties
Chapter 3 language and culture
Chapter 4 language and Apolitical Power
Chapter 5 Language and the press, radio and television
Chapter 6 Gender, age and social class in the socio-cultural context
Chapter 7 language and Social Identity、
Chapter 8 Language change in social Perspective
Chapter 9 language planning
Chapter 10 Language problems in the twenty-first century
Chapter 11 Language projection
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