Sociolinguistics: A Sociological Critique

by Glyn Williams

Overview

Originally published in 1992. This provocative and controversial book calls for a critical analysis of the philosophical assumptions underpinning sociolinguistics. Going back to the philosophical roots of the study of language in society, it argues that they lie in the consensual attitude to society derived from eighteenth and nineteenth-century social thought. The leading figures in the field are challenged for their unequivocal acceptance of the sociological theory on which they draw. For researchers of language in society, this book emphasises the sociological rather than the linguistic side of the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138352902
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/25/2020
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Joshua Fishman Preface. Introduction 1. Historical Antecedents 2. Parsonian Structural Functionalism 3. Speech Variation 4. Language Contact 5. Language Planning 6. Conversation Analysis 7. The Ethnography of Communication 8. Ethnolinguistic Vitality 9. Conclusion