The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: the sociolinguistic enterprise; 1.1 Sociolinguistics within linguistics; 1.2 Sociolinguistic foundations; 1.3 Interaction, style, and discourse; 1.4 Social and regional dialectology; 1.5 Multilingualism and language contact; 1.6 Sociolinguistics applied; 1.7 The future; Part I Foundations of sociolinguistics; 2 Power, social diversity, and language; 2.1 An overview of seminal studies on language, power, and diversity.

2.2 Language usage and its ecological setting within a speech community2.3 Some dimensions of social diversity; 2.4 Power in communicative context; 2.5 The social stratification of language in global perspective; 2.6 Some implications for future research and public policy; 3 Linguistic anthropology: the study of language as a non-neutral medium; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Ontological commitments; 3.3 Commitment to the study of language as a non-neutral code; 3.3.1 Classificatory biases; 3.3.2 The principle of linguistic relativity; 3.3.3 Habituation; 3.3.4 Overcoming the linguistic bias.

3.4 Commitment to the study of language as a form of social organization3.4.1 Conversation analysis; 3.4.2 Genres; 3.4.3 Registers; 3.5 Commitment to the study of language as a system of differentiation; 3.5.1 Language ideologies; 3.5.2 Differentiation through narrative activity; 3.5.3 Honorifics; 3.6 Conclusions; 4 The social psychology of language: a short history; 4.1 Introduction; Speaker addresses Listener or refers to Other; 4.2 Regulating the behavior of others with requests; 4.3 What people are doing when they are using language; 4.4 Communication accommodation theory (CAT).

4.5 Discursive approaches in social psychology4.6 What next and how to avoid the probable future; 4.7 Policies and practices founded on sound social psychology of language and its use; 4.8 Conclusion: a cautionary story; 5 Orality and literacy in sociolinguistics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Characteristics of speech and writing; 5.3 Complicating the picture; 5.4 Learning about written discourse: reading; 5.5 Learning about written discourse: writing; 5.6 Speaking a written language; 5.7 Conclusion: reframing the dichotomy; 6 Sign languages; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Regional and social variation.

6.3 Bilingualism and language contact phenomena6.4 Language attitudes; 6.5 Discourse analysis; 6.6 Language policy and planning; 6.7 Conclusion; Part II Interaction, style, and discourse; 7 Conversation and interaction; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Approaches to conversational discourse; 7.2.1 Conversation analysis; 7.2.2. Ethnography of communication; 7.2.3 Interactional sociolinguistics; 7.3 Conversation and interaction: key themes; 7.3.1 Conversation as a structured and emergent phenomenon; 7.3.2 Conversation as a collaborative phenomenon; 7.3.3 Interaction as an interpersonal and social ritual.

7.3.4 Conversation as a cultural phenomenon.

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