Publisher's Synopsis
Encyclopaedia of Sociolinguistics and Language Education: Assessments, Methods and Approaches offers studies on how society affects language use. It looks into how speakers from the different strata of society vary in their usage of language. It stresses the importance of maintaining and developing the legacy of inter¬disciplinary connections developed in the past and the social commitments behind many of these studies. Describing the main areas in sociolinguistics, some recent directions are outlined, introducing some of its most promising developments.
