Introduction&FLORIAN COULMAS 1
Part Ⅰ Foundations 13
1 The Evolution of a Sociolinguistic Theory of Language&R.B.LE PAGE 15
2 The Demography of Language&ALBERT F.VERDOODT 33
Part Ⅱ Social Dimensions of Language 45
3 Varieties and Variation&JAMES MILROY AND LESLEY MILROY 47
4 Language Change in Progress:Variation as it Happens&NORMAN DENISON 65
5 Social Factors in Language Change&WILLIAM BRIGHT 81
6 Sociophonology&JOHN HONEY 92
7 Dialect in Society&WALT WOLFRAM 107
8 Gender as a Sociolinguistic Variable:New Perspectives on Variation Studies&RUTH WODAK AND GERTRAUD BENKE 127
9 Age as a Sociolinguistic Variable&PENELOPE ECKERT 151
10 Spoken and Written Language&CELIA ROBERTS AND BRIAN STREET 168
11 The Sociolinguistics of Communication Media&GERHARD LEITNER 187
12 Diglossia as a Sociolinguistic Situation&HAROLD F.SCHIFFMAN 205
13 Code-switching&CAROL MYERS-SCOTTON 217
14 Language Contact and Language Generation:Pidgins and Creoles&JOHN R.RICKFORD AND JOHN MCWHORTER 238
15 Language Contact and Language Degeneration&COLETTE GRINEVALD CRAIG 257
Part Ⅲ Linguistic Dimensions of Society 271
16 Language Contact and Language Displacement&MATTHIAS BRENZINGER 273
17 Language Conflict&PETER HANS NELDE 285
18 Multilingualism&MICHAEL CLYNE 301
19 Language and Identity&ANDR？E TABOURET-KELLER 315
20 Language and Ethnicity:The View from Within&JOSHUA A.FISHMAN 327
21 Global Scale Sociolinguistics&GRANT D.MCCONNELL 344
22 Language and the Mediation of Experience:Linguistic Representation and Cognitive Orientation&MICHAEL STUBBS 358
23 Linguistic Etiquette&GABRIELE KASPER 374
Part Ⅳ Applied Issues 387
24 Sociolinguistics and Education&LUDO VERHOEVEN 389
25 Bilingual Education&OFELIA GARC？A 405
26 Sociolinguistics and the Law&EDWARD FINEGAN 421
27 Language Planning and Language Reform&DENISE DAOUST 436
Bibliography 453
Index 521
文库索引 533