Overview
Challenging the predominance of mainstream sociolinguistic theories, this volume focuses on lesser known sociolinguistic systems, from regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, South America, the European Mediterranean and Slavic regions, as well as specific speech communities such as those speaking Nivkh, Jamaican Creole, North Saami and Central Yup'ik. The contributors look at key sociolinguistic aspects of each region or speech community, such as gender, politeness strategies, speech patterns and the effects of social hierarchy on language, concentrating on any differences from mainstream models. By drawing connections across regions/communities and considering how mainstream sociolinguistics is incomplete or lacking, it reveals how lesser-known cultures can play an important role in the building of theory in sociolinguistics.
- | Author: Dick Smakman, Patrick Heinrich
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Jun 22, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 276 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0415725593
- | ISBN-13: 9780415725590
