Sociolinguistics Av Peter (University Of Nottingham Uk) Stockwell

Sociolinguistics: * provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics * draws on a range of real texts, from an interview with Madonna to the Japanese Asahi Evening News * uses real studies designed and conducted by students * provides key readings with commentaries from works by major internationally known authors such as Norman Fairclough, Deborah Cameron, Braj Kachru, Jennifer Coates, Mark Sebba, and Malcolm Coulthard * is accompanied by a supporting website. New to this edition: * an entire new section on forensic linguistics * additional material on language and gender, conversation analysis and spoken discourse * comprehensively updated exercises, readings and references.The accompanying website to this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415401272.