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Introducing Language and Society Thisaccessibleandentertainingtextbookintroducesstudentstoboth traditionalandmorecontemporaryapproachestosociolinguisticsina real-worldcontext,addressingcurrentsocialproblemsthatstudentsare likelytocareabout,suchasracism,inequality,politicalconflict, belonging,andissuesaroundgenderandsexuality.Eachchapterincludes exercises,casestudiesandideasforsmall-scaleresearchprojects, encouragingstudentstothinkcriticallyaboutthedifferenttheoriesand approachestolanguageandsociety,andtointerrogatetheirownbeliefs aboutlanguageandcommunication.Thebookgivesstudentsagrounding inthetraditionalconceptsandtechniquesuponwhichsociolinguisticsis built,whilealsointroducingnewdevelopmentsfromthelastdecade,such astranslanguaging,multimodality,superdiversity,linguisticlandscapes, andlanguageanddigitalmedia.Studentswillalsohaveonlineaccessto moredetailedexamples,linkstovideoandaudiofiles,andmore challengingexercisestostrengthentheirskillsandconfidence associolinguists. RODNEY H. JONES isProfessorofSociolinguisticsattheUniversityof Reading,whereheteachessociolinguisticsandlanguageanddigitalmedia onboththeundergraduateandpostgraduatelevels.Hehaspublished widelyintheareasofsociolinguistics,discourseanalysis,computer- mediatedcommunication,andhealthcommunication.Hisother textbooksincludeDiscourseAnalysis,2ndedition(Routledge,2018),and UnderstandingDigitalLiteracies,2ndedition,withChristophHafner (Routledge,2021). CHRISTIANA THEMISTOCLEOUS isanAssociateProfessorinSociolinguistics attheUniversityofReading,wheresheteachesmodulesin sociolinguistics,languageandgender,andresearchmethods.Her researchinterestsfallwithintheareasofsocietalmultilingualism, linguisticlandscapes,anddigitalmedia.Shehaspublishedwidelyin majorsociolinguisticjournalsandbooks,andhercurrentwork,which exploreslanguageinconflictzones,hasbeenfundedbytheBritish Academy. Introducing Language and Society RODNEY H. JONES UniversityofReading CHRISTIANA THEMISTOCLEOUS UniversityofReading UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05-06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/highereducation/isbn/9781108498920 DOI:10.1017/9781108689922 ©RodneyH.JonesandChristianaThemistocleous2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2022 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJBooksLimited,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Jones,RodneyH.,author.|Themistocleous,Christiana,1979-author. Title:Introducinglanguageandsociety/RodneyH.Jones,UniversityofReading;Christiana Themistocleous,UniversityofReading. Description:Cambridge;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2022.|Includesbibliographical referencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2021038899|ISBN9781108498920(hardback)|ISBN9781108712859(paperback) Subjects:LCSH:Sociolinguistics. Classification:LCCP40.J662022|DDC306.44–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2021038899 ISBN978-1-108-49892-0Hardback ISBN978-1-108-71285-9Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. For Jan Blommaert 1961–2021 Contents ListofFigures pagexi ListofTables xiii Preface xv Introduction 1 0.1 Introduction 2 0.2 ‘There’sNoSuchThingasSociety’ 5 0.3 ‘There’sNoSuchThingasLanguages’ 8 0.4 WhatNow? 10 1 Imagining Languages and Their Speakers 11 1.1 Introduction 12 1.2 LanguagesandNations 16 1.3 StandardLanguageIdeology 19 1.4 Languages,Dialects,andAccents 23 1.5 FocalTopic:LanguageandCitizenship 27 ProjectIdeas 31 2 Resources and Repertoires 33 2.1 Introduction 34 2.2 Heteroglossia 36 2.3 Repertoires 39 2.4 Indexicality 43 2.5 FocalTopic:LanguageandInequality 47 ProjectIdeas 51 3 Language Variation 53 3.1 Introduction 54 3.2 VariationandSocialGroups 55 3.3 SocialNetworks 62 3.4 CommunitiesofPracticeandSocialIdentity 66 3.5 EnregistermentandSocialMeaning 68 3.6 FocalTopic:YouthLanguageandBelonging 71 ProjectIdeas 74 4 Modes and Media of Communication 77 4.1 Introduction 78 4.2 ModesandMultimodality 80 4.3 Resemiotisation,Recombination,andRecontextualisation 84 4.4 Media 87 4.5 HowDigitalMediaHaveChanged‘Language’ 90 viii CONTENTS 4.6 HowDigitalMediaHaveChanged‘Society’ 93 4.7 FocalTopic:MarginalisationandHarassmentOnline 95 ProjectIdeas 99 5 Code Mixing, Crossing, and Translanguaging 101 5.1 Introduction 102 5.2 SocialMotivationsforCodeMixing 104 5.3 Crossing 110 5.4 ‘Languaging’and‘Translanguaging’ 113 5.5 FocalTopic:LanguagePoliciesandLanguageUse inClassrooms 117 ProjectIdeas 121 6 Style and Identity 123 6.1 Introduction 124 6.2 Styleas‘AudienceDesign’ 127 6.3 Styleas‘SpeakerDesign’ 132 6.4 StyleinInteraction 135 6.5 ThePoliticsofStyling 136 6.6 FocalTopic:PerformingGenderandSexuality 138 ProjectIdeas 142 7 Language Attitudes, Mocking, and Appropriation 145 7.1 Introduction 146 7.2 OvertandCovertAttitudes 147 7.3 WhatPeopleSayaboutLanguage 152 7.4 LanguageMockingandAppropriation 155 7.5 FocalTopic:LanguageandRacism 158 ProjectIdeas 162 8 Language in the Material World 163 8.1 Introduction 164 8.2 LinguisticLandscapes 167 8.3 DiscoursesinPlace 172 8.4 MobileLinguisticLandscapes 177 8.5 Embodiment 179 8.6 FocalTopic:ConflictandPoliticsinLinguisticLandscapes 182 ProjectIdeas 185 9 Mobility, Contact, and Flows 187 9.1 Introduction 188 9.2 Contact 189 9.3 FlowsandScales 193 9.4 Hip-Hop 196 9.5 FocalTopic:Migration 199 ProjectIdeas 205
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