The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics

This handbook is aimed at students who have studied some linguistics and sociolinguistics and who need an advanced and up-to-date account of the field. This handbook focuses on the wealth of research undertaken by sociolinguists concerned with language variation and use in society. The core of this specialization comes from those working within linguistics, especially the field of language variation and change. Other theoreticians coming from backgrounds integral to this focal area are anthropological linguists, social psychologists, specialists in the study of discourse and power, conversation analysts, theorists of style and styling, language contact specialists, and applied sociolinguists.