Introduction * Part 1: Sociolinguistics: Origins, Definitions and Approaches * The Scope of Sociolinguistics--D. Hymes * Linguistics and Sociolinguistics--W. Labov * The Sociology of Language--J. Fishman * Language in a Social Perspective--M. Halliday * Communicative Competence--J. J. Gumperz * Social Semiotics, Style and Ideology--R. Hodge & G.
Kress * Demythologizing Sociolinguistics--D. Cameron * PART 2: METHODS FOR STUDYING LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY * Field Linguistics--L. Milroy * Field Methods in the Study of Social Dialects--W. Wolfram & R.W. Fasold * Speech Events and Natural Speech--N. Wolfson * The Ethnographic Analysis of Communicative Events--M. Saville-Troike * Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment in Researching Language--D.
Cameron, E. Frazer, P. Harvey, B. Rampton & K. Richardson * PART 3: VARIATIONIST SOCIOLINGUISTICS * The Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores--W. Labov * The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich--P. Trudgill * Linguistic Variation and Social Function--J. Cheshire * Network Structure and Linguistic Change--J.
Milroy * The Whole Woman: Sex and Gender Differences in Variation--P. Eckert * PART 4: STYLISTIC VARIATION * Accommodation Theory--H. Giles & P. Powesland * Language Style as Audience Design--A. Bell * Acts of Conflicting Identity: The Sociolinguistics of British Pop-song Pronunciation--P. Trudgill * PART 5: LANGUAGE, ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL STEREOTYPES * Social Groups and Social Stereotypes--M. Hewstone & H. Giles * Social Class and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech--J.
R. Edwards * Language Attitudes in a Danish Movie-theatre--T. Kristiansen * Language Policies and Language Attitudes: le Monde de la Francophonie--R. Y. Bourhis PART 6: MULTILINGUALISM * Language, Ethnicity and Racism--J.A. Fishman * Language Standardisation--E. Haugen * Pidgin English Advertising--S.
Romaine * Language Selection and Switching in Three Strasbourg Department Stores--P. Gardner-Chloros * Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community--S. Gal * PART 7: INTERACTIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS * Interethnic Communication--J.J. Gumperz * Patois and the Politics of Protest: Black English in British Classrooms--V. Edwards * Interaction: The Work Women Do--P.M. Fishman * Cultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition--E.
Ochs * PART 8: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE * The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behaviour to Language--B.L. Whorf * The Biculture in the Bilingual--M. Agar * Rules for Ritual Insults--W. Labov * The Sociology of Compliment Work in Polish and English--R.K. Herber.