作者以“说话者的选择”为切入视角和主题来解释语言变异，探究描述和解释语言选择的规律以及影响选择的社会因素。在讨论社会语言学各个具体研究课题时，从不同的学科背景和文化角度提供了许多新的观点和例证，为读者呈现了较为宽阔的视角。 本书语言表述清楚、规范，行文风格简洁、干练，可作为社会语言学的教科书使用。
目录：
1Introduction:notionsoflanguage
PartIMicro-choices
2Standardanddialect:socialstratificationasafactorof
linguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
3Genderedspeech:sexasafactoroflinguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
4Communicatingacrossgenerations:ageasafactorof
linguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
5Choiceandchange
Questionsfordiscussion
6Politeness:culturaldimensionsoflinguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
PartIIMacro-choices1Introduction:notionsoflanguage
PartIMicro-choices
2Standardanddialect:socialstratificationasafactorof
linguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
3Genderedspeech:sexasafactoroflinguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
4Communicatingacrossgenerations:ageasafactorof
linguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
5Choiceandchange
Questionsfordiscussion
6Politeness:culturaldimensionsoflinguisticchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
PartIIMacro-choices
7Code-switching:linguisticchoicesacrosslanguage
boundaries
Questionsfordiscussion
8Diglossiaandbilingualism:functionalrestrictionson
languagechoice
Questionsfordiscussion
9Languagespread,shiftandmaintenance:howgroups
choosetheirlanguage
Questionsfordiscussion
10Languageandidentity:individual,social,national
Questionsfordiscussion
11Languageplanning:communicationdemands,public
choice,utility
Questionsfordiscussion
12Selectletters:amajordivide
Questionsfordiscussion
13Thelanguageofchoice
Questionsfordiscussion
Glossaryofterms
References
Internetresources
Index
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