Introduction 1
Preface by Halliday 8
Ⅰ The sociolinguistic perspective 8
1 Language and social man（Part 1） 8
王宗炎序 9
Preface by Chomsky 12
沈家煊序 19
导读 22
Acknowledgements 34
2 A social-functional approach to language 36
Ⅱ A sociosemiotic interpretation of lahgnuage 60
3 Sociological aspects of semantic change 60
4 Social dialects and socialization 93
5 The significance of Bernstein s work for sociolinguistic theory 101
6 Language as social semiotic 108
Ⅲ The social semantics of text 128
7 The sociosemantic nature of discourse 128
Ⅳ Language and social structure 154
8 Language in urban society 154
9 Antilanguages 164
10 An interpretation of the functional relationship between language and social structure 183
Ⅴ Sociolinguistics and education 194
11 Sociolinguistic aspects of mathematical education 194
12 Breakthrough to literacy：Foreword to the American edition 205
13 Language and social man（Part 2） 211
References 236
Index of subjects 245
Index of names 255
文库索引 257