Preface.Acknowledgements.1. Introduction.Part I: Languages and Communities:.2. Languages, Dialects, and Varieties.3. Pidgins and Creoles.4. Codes.5. Speech Communities.Part II: Inherent Variety:.6. Language Variation.7. Some Findings and Issues.8. Change.Part III: Words at Work:.9. Words and Culture.10. Ethnographies.11. Solidarity and Politeness.12. Talk and Action.Part IV: Understanding and Intervening:.13. Gender.14. Disadvantage.15. Planning.16. Conclusion.Bibliography.Index.
Ronald Wardhaugh is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. His recent work includes Proper English (Blackwell, 1998) and Understanding English Grammar (second edition, Blackwell, 2003).
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