Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: History of Sociolinguistics:.

Introduction.

A Brief History of American Sociolinguistics: Roger W. Shuy.

Reflections on the Origins of Sociolinguistics in Europe: Louis-Jean Calvet.

Part II: Ethnography of Speaking:.

Introduction.

Models of Interaction of Language and Social Life: Dell Hymes.

Lands I Came to Sing: Negotiating Identities and Places in the Tuscan Contrasto: Valentina Pagliai.

Part III: Pragmatics:.

Introduction.

Narrative and Discourse Analysis.

Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: William Labov and Joshua Waletzky.

Narrative Analysis: Thirty Years Later: Emanuel A. Schegloff.

Narrative Structure: Some Contrasts between Maori and Pakeha Story-telling: Janet Holmes.

Conversational Analysis.

Contextualization Conventions: John J. Gumperz.

Address Studies.

The Pronouns of Power and Solidarity: Roger Brown and Albert Gilman.

Speech Acts.

Compliments: Janet Holmes.

Part IV: Language and Gender:.

Introduction.

Selections from Language and Woman's Place: Robin Lakoff.

The Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender Dominance: Deborah Tannen.

Part V: Language and Variation:.

Introduction.

Some Sociolinguistic Principles: William Labov.

On Constructing Vernacular Dialect Norms: Walt Wolfram.

The Linguistic Individual in an American Public-Opinion Survey: Barbara Johnstone.

Part VI: Pidgins and Creoles:.

Introduction.

Trade Jargons and Creole Dialects as Marginal Languages: John E. Reinecke.

Part VII: Individual Bilingualism:.

Introduction.

A Social Psychology of Bilingualism: Wallace E. Lambert.

BICS and CALP: Origins and Rationale for the Distinction: Jim Cummins.

Linguistic Diversity, Schooling, and Social Class: Rethinking Our Conception of Language Proficiency in Language Minority Education: Jeff MacSwan and Kellie Rolstad.

Part VIII: Diglossia:.

Introduction.

Diglossia: Charles Ferguson.

Bilingualism With and Without Diglossia: Joshua A. Fishman.

Toward the Systematic Study of Diglossia: Alan Hudson.

Part IX: Group Bilingualism:.

Introduction.

Empirical Explorations of Two Popular Assumptions: Interpolity Perspective on the Relationships between Linguistic Heterogeneity, Civil Strife, and Per Capita Gross National Product: Joshua A. Fishman.

Linguistic Minorities and Language Policies: Christina Bratt Paulston.

Part X: Language Policies and Planning:.

Introduction.

Dialect, Language, Nation: Einar Haugen.

Language Planning Goals: A Classification: Moshe Nahir.

Literacy and Language Planning: Nancy H. Hornberger.

Part XI: Multilingualism, Policies and Education:.

Introduction.

A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: G. Richard Tucker.

Language Policies and Language Rights: Christina Bratt Paulston.

Index.