Sociolinguistics:
provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics
draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News
uses real studies designed and conducted by students
provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard
is accompanied by a supporting website.
New to this edition:
an entire new section on forensic linguistics
additional material on language and gender, conversation analysis and spoken discourse
comprehensively updated exercises, readings and references.
The accompanying website to this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415401272.
