This work presents a critical synthesis of sociolinguistics, centring on the study of language variation and change. It opens with a discussion of the linguisti

This study of sociolinguistic variation examines the relation between social identity and ways of speaking. Studying variations in language not only reveals a g

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an

Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an

Style refers to ways of speaking - how speakers use the resource of language variation to make meaning in social encounters. This 2007 book develops a coherent