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Sociolinguistics / Soziolinguistik : An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society / Ein internationales Handbuch zur Wissenschaft von Sprache und Gesellschaft. Volume 3

Ulrich Ammon (Editor), Norbert Dittmar (Editor), Klaus J. Mattheier (Editor), Peter Trudgill (Editor)
Sociolinguistics (or the sociology of language) has established itself as an academic subject in many countries. The discipline promises to be of benefit in solving practical problems in such areas as language planning and standardization, language teaching and therapy, and language policy. This handbook provides this account

eBook, English, 2008
2nd ed
De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, 2008