Sociolinguistics: Theoretical Debates

Sociolinguistics is a dynamic field of research that explains the role and function of language in social life. This book offers the most substantial account available of the core contemporary ideas and arguments in sociolinguistics, with an emphasis on innovation and change. Bringing together original writing by more than twenty of the field's most influential international thinkers and researchers, this is an indispensable guide to the newest and most searching ideas about language in society. For researchers and advanced students it gives access to the field's most pressing issues and debates, as well as providing a platform for new initiatives in sociolinguistic research.

Author: Nikolas Coupland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 06/20/2016
Pages: 460
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.04w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9781107635753

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2016

About the Author
Coupland, Nikolas: - Nikolas Coupland is an elected Fellow of both the UK Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He has published more than 20 books and more than 150 articles and chapters on wide-ranging aspects of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. His volume The Handbook of Language and Globalization (2010) was the winner of the annual British Association for Applied Linguistics Book Prize.