《社会语言学——说话者如何作出选择》由德国库马斯所著，作者巧妙地用“说话者的选择”(speakers' choices)为切入视角和本书的主题，并以这个主题为纲，形成本书的整体框架，，探究描述和解释语言选择的规律以及影响选择的社会因素。在讨论社会语言学各个具体研究课题时，作者从不同的学科背景和不同文化角度提供了许多新的观点和例证，为读者提供了较为宽阔的视角。作者还参考和融合了社会语言学研究领域的最新研究成果。

 1 Introduction: notions of language

Part Ⅰ Micro-choices

 2 Standard and dialect: social stratification as a factor of linguistic choice

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 3 Gendered speech: sex as a factor of linguistic choice

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 4 Communicating across generations: age as a factor of linguistic choice

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 5 Choice and change

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 6 Politeness: cultural dimensions of linguistic choice

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Part Ⅱ Macro-choices

 7 Code-switching: linguistic choices across language boundaries

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 8 Diglossia and bilingualism: functional restrictions on language choice

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 9 Language spread, shift and maintenance: how groups choose their language

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 10 Language and identity: individual, social, national

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 11 Language planning: communication demands, public choice, utility

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 12 Select letters: a major divide

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 13 The language of choice

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Glossary of terms

References

Internet resources

Index