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Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. Approaches to language and powerrajend mesthrie and ana deumert 30911. Ana deumert is associate professor in the linguistics section, department of english, university of cape town. Course eng 355 introduction to sociolinguistics course team anthony c. Introducing sociolinguistics rajend mesthrie, joan swann. This second edition of introducing sociolinguistics expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. Introducing sociolinguistics rajend mesthrie, joan swann, anna deumert, william leap on free shipping on qualifying offers. Introducing sociolinguistics edited by rajend mesthrie, joan swan, ana deumert and william leap textbook praise for the first edition introducing sociolinguistics has been coauthored by a team of linguists spanning at least half the world. Introducing sociolinguistics edinburgh university press. Sociolinguistics is the study of language in culture and society, within the field of linguistics. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Uwajeh course editor university f benin, benin city dr. Her research programme is located within the broad field of african sociolinguistics and has a strong interdisciplinary focus with particular attention to anthropology, sociology and economics. Rajend mesthrie, joan swann, ana deumert, william leap.
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