Sociolinguistics : the essential readings

Abstract

Notes on Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: History of Sociolinguistics:. Introduction. A Brief History of American Sociolinguistics: Roger W. Shuy. Reflections on the Origins of Sociolinguistics in Europe: Louis--Jean Calvet. Part II: Ethnography of Speaking:. Introduction. Models of Interaction of Language and Social Life: Dell Hymes. Lands I Came to Sing: Negotiating Identities and Places in the Tuscan Contrasto: Valentina Pagliai. Part III: Pragmatics:. Introduction. Narrative and Discourse Analysis. Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: William Labov and Joshua Waletzky. Narrative Analysis: Thirty Years Later: Emanuel A. Schegloff. Narrative Structure: Some Contrasts between Maori and Pakeha Story--telling: Janet Holmes. Conversational Analysis. Contextualization Conventions: John J. Gumperz. Address Studies. The Pronouns of Power and Solidarity: Roger Brown and Albert Gilman. Speech Acts. Compliments: Janet Holmes. Part IV: Language and Gender:. Introduction. Selections from Language and Womana s Place: Robin Lakoff. The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender Dominance: Deborah Tannen. Part V: Language and Variation:. Introduction. Some Sociolinguistic Principles: William Labov. On Constructing Vernacular Dialect Norms: Walt Wolfram. The Linguistic Individual in an American Public--Opinion Survey: Barbara Johnstone. Part VI: Pidgins and Creoles:. Introduction. Trade Jargons and Creole Dialects as Marginal Languages: John E. Reinecke. Part VII: Individual Bilingualism:. Introduction. A Social Psychology of Bilingualism: Wallace E. Lambert. BICS and CALP: Origins and Rationale for the Distinction: Jim Cummins. Linguistic Diversity, Schooling, and Social Class: Rethinking Our Conception of Language Proficiency in Language Minority Education: Jeff MacSwan and Kellie Rolstad. Part VIII: Diglossia:. Introduction. Diglossia: Charles Ferguson. Bilingualism With and Without Diglossia: Joshua A. Fishman. Toward the Systematic Study of Diglossia: Alan Hudson. Part IX: Group Bilingualism:. Introduction. Empirical Explorations of Two Popular Assumptions: Interpolity Perspective on the Relationships between Linguistic Heterogeneity, Civil Strife, and Per Capita Gross National Product: Joshua A. Fishman. Linguistic Minorities and Language Policies: Christina Bratt Paulston. Part X: Language Policies and Planning:. Introduction. Dialect, Language, Nation: Einar Haugen. Language Planning Goals: A Classification: Moshe Nahir. Literacy and Language Planning: Nancy H. Hornberger. Part XI: Multilingualism, Policies and Education:. Introduction. A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: G. Richard Tucker. Language Policies and Language Rights: Christina Bratt Paulston. Index.