Edited by
R. Mesthrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Description
This is the ninth in the acclaimed series of spinoff volumes based on the outstanding
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics.
It comprises 285 articles of which 80 are short biographical entries. 50 of the biographies and 42 other articles are entirely new,
while the remaining entries are suitably revised and updated from
ELL. This work provides uniquely comprehensive and authoritative
information on all aspects of sociolinguistics.
Audience:
For departmental libraries, academics, and students in linguistics departments, and in neighbouring disciplines such as applied linguistics
and education; anthropology; English language; literary studies; gender studies; sociology; and social psychology.
