The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics (First Edition)

A treasure trove for sociolinguistic researchers and students alike. Edited by three leading sociolinguists the 39 chapters cover a wealth of valuable material... And the cast list reads like a veritable Whos Who of sociolinguistics with a refreshing number of younger scholars included along with more familiar well-established names... This is a book that I will reach for often both for research and teaching purposes. I will recommend it to my postgraduate students and many of the chapters will provide excellent material for discussion in our advanced undergraduate sociolinguistics course.. - Janet Holmes Discourse StudiesThe best the most complete and the most integrated handbook of sociolinguistics of the past decade.. - Joshua A. Fishman NYU and Stanford UniversityThis Handbook answers a long-standing need for an up-to-date comprehensive international in-depth critical survey of the history trajectory data results and key figures involved in sociolinguistics. It consists of six inter-linked sections: The History of Sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics and Social Theory Language Variation and Change Interaction Multilingualism and Contact Applications . The result is a work of unprecedented coverage and insight. It is all here from the foundational contributions to the field to the impact of new media new technologies of communication globalization trans-border fluidities and agendas of research.The book will quickly be recognized as a benchmark in the field. It will provide a basis for reckoning its origins and pathways of development as well as an authoritative account of the central debates and research issues of today.