Introduction to using this book
Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics
Variation and style
Language attitudes
Being polite as a variable in speech
Multilingualism and language choice
Real time and apparent time
Social class
Social networks and communities of practice
Gender
language contact
Looking back and looking ahead.
Introducing sociolinguistics by Miriam Meyerhoff. ISBN 9780415550062. Published by Routledge in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.