Sociolinguistics The Essential Readings [Paperback]

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• Offers a collection of classic articles that helped to define the field of sociolinguistics paired with more contemporary articles.
  
• Contextualizes the history of the subject matter and helps students understand the progression of intellectual development in the field.
  
• Includes an editorial introduction written by two prominent researchers in the field, as well as recommendations for further readings.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: History of Sociolinguistics:.

Introduction.

A Brief History of American Sociolinguistics: Roger W. Shuy.

Reflections on the Origins of Sociolinguistics in Europe: Louis-Jean Calvet.

Part II: Ethnography of Speaking:.

Introduction.

Models of Interaction of Language and Social Life: Dell Hymes.

Lands I Came to Sing: Negotiating Identities and Places in the Tuscan Contrasto: Valentina Pagliai.

Part III: Pragmatics:.

Introduction.

Narrative and Discourse Analysis.

Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: William Labov and Joshua Waletzky.

Narrative Analysis: Thirty Years Later: Emanuel A. Schegloff.

Narrative Structure: Some Contrasts between Maori and Pakeha Story-telling: Janet Holmes.lS(