The Routledge handbook of sociolinguistics around the world / edited by Martin J. Ball.

Other author Ball, Martin J. (Martin John)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,
Descriptionxx, 428 p. ; 26 cm.
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Subjects

Portion of title Sociolinguistics around the world
Contents I : Americas. Sociolinguistics in the United States of America / Kirk Hazen -- Sociolinguistics in Canada / Elaine Gold -- Sociolinguistics in Mexico : defining new agendas / Jose Antonio Flores Farfan -- The sociolinguistics of indigenous languages in South America / Serafin M. Cornel-Molina and Viviana Quintero -- Sociolinguistics of the Caribbean / Valerie Youssef -- II : Asia. Sociolinguistic research in China / Minglang Zhou -- Sociolinguistics in South Asia / Probal Dasgupta and Madhavi Sardesai -- Sociolinguistics Japan / Nanette Gottlieb -- Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam / David Bradley -- Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines / Lionel Wee -- A sociolinguistic profile of Turkey, Northern Cyprus and other Turkic states in Central Asia / Yasemin Bayyurt -- Sociolinguistics in the Caucasus / Victor A. Friedman -- Sociolinguistics in the Iranian world / William O. Beeman --
Contents III : Australasia. Sociolinguistics in Australia / Peter Collins -- Sociolinguistics in New Zealand / Margaret Maclagan and Jennifer Hay -- Sociolinguistics in The South Pacific / France Mugler and Richard Benton -- A Sociolinguistic sketch of New Guinea / Mark Donohue -- IV : Africa and the Middle East. Sociolinguistics in South Africa : a critical overview of current research / Rajend Mesthrie -- Sociolinguistic studies of West and Central Africa / Bruce Connell and David Zeitlyn -- Sociolinguistics of East Africa / Christina M. Higgins -- Israeli sociolinguistics : from Hebrew hegemony to Israeli plurilingualism / Zhanna Burstein-Feldman... [et al.] -- Arabic sociolinguistics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) / Catherine Miller and Dominique Caubert --
Contents V : Europe. Sociolinguistics of the German-speaking area / Winifred V. Davies -- Sociolinguistics in the Dutch language area in Europe / Jeroen Darquennes -- Sociolinguistics in the Nordic Region / Sally Boyd -- Sociolinguistics in the British Isles / Jane Stuart-Smith and Bill Haddican -- Sociolinguistics in France / Nadine Di Vito -- Sociolinguistics in Italy / Mair Parry -- Sociolinguistics in Spain and Portugal / David Atkinson, Mercedes Benoechea and Sandi Michele de Oliveira -- Sociolinguistics in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland / Miklós Kontra, Jiři Nekvapil and Agnieszka Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak -- Sociolinguistics in the Balkans / Robert D. Greenberg -- Sociolinguistics in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova / Victoria Gulida -- The development of sociolinguistics in the Baltic States / Ina Druviete.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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