Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach

Abstract

Introduction TOWARD ETHNOGRAPHIES OF COMMUNICATION 1. Toward ethnographies of communication 2. Studying the interaction of language and social life THE STATUS OF LINGUISTICS AS A SCIENCE 3. Why linguistics needs the sociologist 4. Social anthropology, sociolinguistics, and the ethnography of speaking 5. Bilingual education: linguistic vs. sociolinguistic bases 6. The contribution of folklore to sociolinguistic research 7. The contribution of poetics to sociolinguistic research LINGUISTICS AS SOCIOLINGUISTICS 8. Linguistic theory and functions in speech 9. Syntactic arguments and social roles: Quantifiers, Keys, and Reciprocal vs. Reflexive Relationships 10. The scope of sociolinguistics Bibliography Index