| 1 | Introduction 1
Knowledge of Language – Variation – Scientific Investigation –
Language and Society – Sociolinguistics and the Sociology of
Language – Methodological Concerns – Overview – Further
Reading |
| 2 | I. Languages and Communities
Languages, Dialects, and Varieties, Styles, Registers, and Beliefs – Further Reading |
| 3 | Pidgins and Creoles
Lingua Francas – Definitions – Distribution and Characteristics –
Origins – From Pidgin to Creole – Further Reading |
| 4 | 4. Codes
Diglossia – Bilingualism and Multilingualism – Code-Switching –
Further Reading |
| 5 | Speech Communities
Definitions – Intersecting Communities – Networks and
Repertoires – Further Reading |
| 6 | 2. Inherent Variety
Language Variation
Regional Variation – The Linguistic Variable – Linguistic and
Social Variation – Data Collection and Analysis – Further
Reading |
| 7 | Some Findings and Issues
An Early Study – New York City – Norwich and Reading –
A Variety of Studies – Belfast – Controversies – Further Reading |
| 8 | Midterm |
| 9 | Change
The Traditional View – Changes in Progress – The Process of
Change – Further Reading |
| 10 | 3. Words at Work
Words and Culture
Whorf – Kinship – Taxonomies – Color – Prototypes – Taboo
and Euphemism – Further Reading |
| 11 | Ethnographies
Varieties of Talk – The Ethnography of Speaking –
Ethnomethodology – Further Reading |
| 12 | Solidarity and Politeness
Tu and Vous – Address Terms – Politeness – Further Reading
Talk and Action
Speech Acts – Cooperation – Conversation – Further Reading |
| 13 | 4. Understanding and Intervening
Gender
Differences – Possible Explanations –
Disadvantage 335
Codes Again – African American Vernacular English –
Consequences for Education
Planning 356
Issues – A Variety of Situations – Further Examples – Winners
and Losers – Further Reading |
| 14 | Conclusion, revision and feedback |
