Advances in the Sociology of Language: Volume 2 Selected Studies and Applications

The Contributions to the Sociology of Language series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches – theoretical and empirical – supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines – anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. Preface Contents Section I: Small Group Interaction Situational Measures Of Normative Language Views In Relation To Person, Place And Topic Among Puerto Rican Bilinguals Speech Predictability And Social Contact Patterns In An Informal Group Making Sense: Natural Language And Shared Knowledge In Understanding The Social Conditioning Of Syntactic Variation In French Sequencing In Conversational Openings Section II: Large-S Cale Socio-Cultural Processes Social Class Differences In The Relevance Of Language To Socialization Bilingual Need Affiliation, Future Orientation, And Achievement Motivation White And Negro Listeners' Reactions To Various American-English Dialects Language As Aid And Barrier To Involvement In The National System National Development And Language Diversity Section III: Bilingualism And Diglossia Bilingualism In Montreal: A Demographic Analysis Linguistic Diversity In The Ethiopian Market Speech Styles In Puerto Rican Bilingual Speakers: A Factor Analysis Of Co-Variation Of Phonological Variables The Linguistic Division Of Labor In Industrial And Urban Societies Section IV: Language Maintenance And Language Shift Migration And Language In The U.S.S.R Language Shift And Maintenance In Israel A Contribution To The Sociological Study Of Language Maintenance And Language Shift The Differential Impact Of Immigrant French Speakers On Indigenous German Speakers; A Case Study In The Light Of Two Theories Linguistic Pluralism And Political Tension In Modern Belgium Section V: Applied Sociology Of Language - Policy, Planning, Practice A Typology Of Bilingual Education Developmental Sociolinguistics: Inner-City Children Language And Script Reform Evaluation And Language Planning Cost-Benefit Analysis In Language Planning Subject Index Name Index

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications.

It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other.

The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.