From its beginnings in the 1960s, sociolinguistics developed several different subfields with distinct methods and interests: the variationist tradition established by Labov, the anthropological tradition of Hymes, interactional sociolinguistics as developed by Gumperz, and the sociology of
language represented by the work of Fishman. All of these areas have seen a great deal of growth in recent decades, and recent studies have led to a more broadly inclusive view of sociolinguistics. Hence there is a need for a handbook that will survey the main areas of the field, point out the
lacunae in our existing knowledge base, and provide directions for future research.
The Oxford Handbook of Sociolinguistics will differ from existing work in four major respects. First, it will emphasize new methodological developments, particularly the convergence of linguistic
anthropology and variationist sociolinguistics. Second, it will include chapters on sociolinguistic developments in areas of the world that have been relatively neglected in the major journals. Third, its chapters are written by contributors who have worked in a range of languages and whose work
addresses sociolinguistic issues in bi- and multilingual contexts, i.e. the contexts in which a majority of the world's population lives. Finally, it will include substantial material on the rapidly growing study of sign language sociolinguistics.
Contributors
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Robert Bayley, Richard Cameron, and Ceil Lucas: Introduction
Part I. Disciplinary Perspectives
1. Robert Bayley: Variationist Sociolinguistics
2. Janet Shibamotoe-Smith and Vineeta Chand: Linguistic Anthropology
3.
Christopher McAll: Doers and Makers: The Interwoven Stories of Sociology and the Study of Language
4. Martin Reisigl: Critical Discourse Analysis
5. Paul Seedhouse: Conversation Analysis
6. Karen Watson-Gegeo and Matthew C. Bronson: The Intersections of Language Socialization and
Sociolinguistics
7. Brandon C. Loudermilk: Psycholinguistic Approaches
8. Christine Mallinson and Tyler Kendall: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Part II. Methodologies and Approaches
9. James A. Walker and Miriam Meyerhoff: Studies of the Community and the Individual
10.
Charlotte Gooskens: Experimental Methods for Measuring Intelligibility of Closely Related Language Varieties
11. Kyle Gorman and Daniel Ezra Johnson: Quantitative Analysis
12. Juliet Langman: Analyzing Qualitative Data: Mapping the Research Trajectory in Multilingual Contexts
13. Gillian
Sankoff: Longitudinal Studies
14. Ceil Lucas: Methods for Studying Sign Languages
Part III. Bilingualism and Language Contact
15. Eric Russell Webb: Pidgins and Creoles
16. Kim Potowski: Language Maintenance and Shift
17. Martin Howard, Raymond Mougeon, and Jean-Marc
Dewaele: Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
18. Li Wei: Codeswitching
19. David Quinto-Pozos and Robert Adam: Sign Language Contact
Part IV. Variation
20. Maciej Baranowski: Sociophonetics
21. Naomi Nagy: Phonology and Sociolinguistics
22. Ruth King:
Morphosyntactic Variation
23. Richard Cameron and Scott Schwenter: Pragmatics and Sociolinguistic Variation
24. Alexandra D'Arcy: Variation and Change
25. Adam Schembri and Trevor Johnston: Sociolinguistic Variation and Change in Sign Languages
Part V. Language Policy, Language
Ideology, and Language Attitudes
26. Thomas Ricento: Language Policy, Ideology, and Attitudes in English-Dominant Countries
27. Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu: Language Policies and Language Attitudes in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Vernacularization
28. Qing Zhang: Language Policy
and Ideology: Greater China
29. Vineeta Chand: Language Policies and Politics in South Asia
30. Enrique Rainer Hamel: Language Policy and Ideology in Latin America
31. Francois Grin: Language Policy, Ideology, and Attitudes in Western Europe
32. Aneta Pavlenko: Language Management in
the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Countries
33. Joseph Hill: Language Policy and Attitudes towards Sign Languages
Part VI. Sociolinguistics, the Professions, and the Public Interest
34. Gregory Matoesian: Language and Law
35. Richard M. Frankel: Our Stories,
Ourselves: Can the Culture of a Large Medical School Be Changed without Open Heart Surgery?
36. Cynthia Roy and Melanie Metzger: Sociolinguistic Studies of Sign Language Interpreting
37. Walt Wolfram: Language Awareness in Community Perspective: Obligation and Opportunity
38. Suzanne
Romaine: Linguistic and Ecological Diversity
39. Lenore A. Grenoble: Language Revitalization
40. Anne H. Charity Hudley: Linguistics and Social Activism
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Robert Bayley is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Davis. He has conducted research on variation in English, Spanish, Chinese, ASL, and Italian Sign Language as well as studies of language socialization in U.S. Latino communities. His publications include Language as
Cultural Practice (with Sandra R. Schecter, 2002), and Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications (with Ceil Lucas, 2007). Richard Cameron is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies and the Department of Linguistics at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. He has published on Puerto Rican Spanish, Chicago English, age, gender, medical discourse, and sociolinguistic theory. A recently edited book is Spanish in Context (with Kim Potowski, 2007). Ceil Lucas is Professor of Linguistics at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Her
recent publications include Language and the Law in Deaf Communities (2003), The Linguistics of American Sign Language, 5th ed. (with Clayton Valli et al., 2011), and The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure (with Carolyn McCaskill, Robert Bayley, and Joseph Hill, 2011).
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