LCL 28: Interactive Sociolinguistics

Interactive Sociolinguistics

Smita Joseph

The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India

Interactive Sociolinguistics is meant for young researchers of humanities and social sciences and, especially, for those who are specializing in the area of linguistics and sociolinguistics. Students with a basic to mid-level background in linguistics can also form an audience. The book is novel in its approach because it criticizes some key concepts like the notion of dialects given by Chambers and Trudgill (2004). The book includes:

The textbook discusses the following terms, which are also the key terms: dialect, dialect geography, social class, caste, research questions, language change, literature review, dissertations, theses, summary writing, data analysis, questionnaire, synchronic and diachronic linguistics, generational change, lifespan change, age-graded variation, direct and indirect elicitation frames, display map, semi-foreign language, mutual intelligibility, and dialect myths.