Introduction to sociolinguistics / by A.D. Švejcer and L.B. Nikolʹskij ; translated by A.D. Švejcer.

Translation from the original Russian edition. The first Soviet text-book on sociolinguistics, the book introduces the reader to some of its basic problems, such as language and social structure, language as a social factor, language and nation, language and culture, language and the sociology of an...

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Main Author: Shveĭt︠s︡er, A. D. (Aleksandr Davidovich)
Other Authors: Nikolʹskiĭ, L. B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Russian
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1986.
Series:Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe ; v. 14.
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Uniform Title:Vvedenie v sot︠s︡iolingvistiku.
Table of Contents:
  • INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTIS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PART ONE. THE PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS OF SOCIOLINGUISTIS; Marxist Sociology and Sociolinguistics; Language and Social Structure; Language as a Social Factor; Social functions of language.; Language and Nation; Language and Culture; Language and the Sociology of an Individual; PART TWO. THE THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS; The Subject-Matter of Sociolinguistics; The Conceptual Framework of Sociolinguistics; Communities and Unities; Sociocommunicative Systems.