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1	Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These range from gender, environment, age, race, class, region and politics. Trudgill's book surveys languages and societies from all over the world drawing on examples from ... see all copies from £2.02! new only from £6.00! \| first editions
2	Language Myths more books like this by Professor Laurie Bauer (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor) add to wishlist This is a unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: the media are ruining English; children can't speak or write properly anymore; and, America is ruining the English language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are ... see all copies from £5.97! new only from £6.57!
3	Dialectology more books like this by Jack Chambers add to wishlist Dialectology is the study of language variation. Traditionally, this has largely been the province of dialect geographers, who concentrated on the speech of the linguistically conservative rural population in order to map regional differences. More recently, however, interest has shifted to urban speech, and sociolinguists have correlated ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £24.47! \| first editions
4	The Dialects of England more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist Do you know any nice lasses, maidens, wenches or mawthers, or are they all just plain girls to you? Do your shoes include pumps, daps, plimsolls, gollies and sandshoes, or do you settle for ordinary trainers instead? If you think Geordies would do better to speak like BBC announcers, if you think the Queen's English is the only English there is, ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £19.07! \| first editions
5	Dialects more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist Routledge Language Workbooks provide absolute beginners with practical introductions to core areas of language study. Books in the series provide comprehensive coverage of the area as well as a basis for further investigation. Each Language Workbook guides the reader through the subject using 'hands-on' language analysis, equipping them with the ... see all copies from £5.90! new only from £9.29!
6	International English: A Guide to the Varieties of Standard English more books like this by Peter Trudgill, Jean Hannah add to wishlist From Scotland to Singapore, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through the varieties of Standard English spoken around the world. Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in phonetics, phonology, grammar and vocabulary, ... see all copies from £8.00! new only from £16.86!
7	Alternative Histories of the English Language more books like this by Dr. Richard Watts (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor) add to wishlist This groundbreaking collection explores the beliefs and approaches to the history of English that do not make it into standard textbooks. Orthodox histories have presented a tunnel version of the history of the English language which is sociologically inadequate. In this book a range of leading international scholars show how this focus on ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £19.13! \| first editions
8	Sociolinguistics Reader Vol 2 - Gender more books like this by Peter Trudgill (Editor), Jenny Cheshire (Editor) add to wishlist The Sociolinguistics Reader presents a state-of-the-art account of the discipline in the closing years of the twentieth century. Volume 2: Gender and Discourse in the first section looks at patterns of language variation, examining how gender identities are accomplished through language, and the importance of gender in accounting for language ... see all copies from £7.76! new only from £21.26!
9	Sociolinguistics: 2an Introduction to Language and Society more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £50.71!
10	Sociolinguistics: 2an Introduction more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! first editions
11	The Sociolinguistics Reader: Volume 1 more books like this by Peter Trudgill (Editor), Jenny Cheshire (Editor) add to wishlist An exploration of the macro-social aspects of sociolinguistics. Cross-cultural communications problems, the linguistic behaviour of bilingual speakers, language contact and the social psychology of language are covered by the readings in the first section. The next section looks at sociolinguistic variation and the mystery of linguistic change, ... see all copies from £8.67! new only from £21.26!
12	Text and Corpus Analysis: Computer-Assisted Studies of Language and Culture more books like this by Michael Stubbs, Peter Trudgill (Preface by) add to wishlist This book provides detailed studies in one of the fastest growing areas of linguistics - corpus analysis - and shows how computers can be used to reveal culturally significant patterns of language use. It contains copious authentic examples for millions of words of corpus data and from many types of naturally occurring texts: school books, ... see all copies from £23.53! new only from £23.53!
13	The Handbook of Language Variation and Change more books like this by J K Chambers (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor), Natalie Schilling-Estes (Editor) add to wishlist "The Handbook of Language Variation and Change", written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits. It is a convenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change. Written by internationally ... see all copies from £31.06! new only from £31.06!
14 view cover	Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable more books like this by Geoffrey Sampson (Editor), David Gil (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor) add to wishlist This book presents a challenge to the widely-held assumption that human languages are both similar and constant in their degree of complexity. For a hundred years or more the universal equality of languages has been a tenet of faith among most anthropologists and linguists. It has been frequently advanced as a corrective to the idea that some ... see all copies from £22.02! new only from £22.02! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Handbook of Language Variation and Change more books like this by Natalie Schilling-Estes (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor), J K Chambers (Editor) add to wishlist The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipline in its multifaceted pursuits. It is a convenient, hand-held repository of the essential knowledge about the study of language variation and change. The book begins with an examination of ... see all copies from £66.23! new only from £81.80!
16	Accent, dialect and the school more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! first editions
17	On Dialect more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist see all copies from £11.42! first editions
18 view cover	Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society; Third Edition more books like this by Peter Trudgill, Peter Trudjill add to wishlist This is a revised edition of Peter Trudgill's introduction to that part of linguistics which is concerned with language as a social and cultural phenomenon. The text explores the close line between language and society, and the factors that influence the way we speak including: gender; age; environment; race and class; the part of the country we ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £53.94!
19 view cover	East Anglian English more books like this by Jacek Fisiak (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor) add to wishlist East Anglia - the easternmost area of England - was probably home to the first-ever form of language which can be called English. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into the formation of Standard English, and contributed importantly to the development of American English and (to a lesser extent) Southern Hemisphere Englishes; ... see all copies from £21.65! new only from £21.65!
20 view cover	Dialects of English: Studies in Grammatical Variation more books like this by Peter Trudgill (Editor), J J Chambers (Editor) add to wishlist This collection consists of 15 articles by an international group of linguists and 7 essays by the editors, tackling a broad range of issues and representing some of the most authoritative work in English dialect grammar. Individual chapters cover the full international range of English dialects, from the centre of Sydney to the shores of ... see all copies from £21.23! new only from £41.49!
21 view cover	New-Dialect Formation: The Inevitability of Colonial Englishes more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist This book presents a new and controversial theory about dialect contact and the formation of new colonial dialects. It examines the genesis of Latin American Spanish, Canadian French and North American English, but concentrates on Australian and South African English, with a particular emphasis on the development of the newest major variety of the ... see all copies from £8.02! new only from £8.21!
22 view cover	English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of British English more books like this by Arthur Hughes add to wishlist Now in its third edition, this is an introductory survey of the main regional and social varieties of English spoken in the British Isles. The authors discuss accent and dialect in the broader framework of language variation, including phonetic, phonological, grammatical, lexical, historical and stylistic differences. This is followed by a survey ... see all copies from £2.42! new only from £23.97! \| first editions
23	Social Diffn Englsh Nrwch more books like this by Peter Trudgill, S R Anderson (Editor), J Bresnan (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £19.72!
24	The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich more books like this by Peter Trudgill, S R Anderson (Editor), J Bresnan (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £19.81! first editions
25	Applied Sociolinguistics more books like this by Peter Trudgill add to wishlist see all copies from £10.90!

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