Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone who is interested in how and why people speak and write with such diversity.
The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics includes articles by leading scholars in the field on:
methods of observation and analysis
social correlates
socio-psychological factors
socio-political...
Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a ...
Despite the inroads made by women in the professions, the glass ceiling remains a persistent barrier to their career progression. Using a range of interactional sociolinguistic data this publication investigates the crucial role that gendered discourses play in perpetuating workplace gender inequalities.
Despite the inroads made by women in the professions, the glass ceiling remains a persistent barrier to their career progression. Using a range of int...
