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Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics.

Rajend Mesthrie

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Section headings: Foundations of society and language. Language and interaction. Language Variation: style, situation, function. Language variation and change: dialects and social groups. Language contact. Language, power and inequality. Language planning, policy, practice. Language and education. Methods in sociolinguistics. The profession.

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Section headings: Foundations of society and language. Language and interaction. Language Variation: style, situation, function. Language variation and change: dialects and social groups. Language contact. Language, power and inequality. Language planning, policy, practice. Language and education. Methods in sociolinguistics. The profession.

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Section headings: Foundations of society and language. Language and interaction. Language Variation: style, situation, function. Language variation and change: dialects and social groups. Language contact. Language, power and inequality. Language planning, policy, practice. Language and education. Methods in sociolinguistics. The profession.

Key concepts: Sociolinguistics, Sociology of language, Variation (astronomy), Linguistics, Encyclopedia, Style (visual arts), Language policy, Section (typography)

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