作者	外语教学与研究出版社
出版社
出版时间	2000-08-01

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This new edition of R.A.Hudson's widely acclaimed textbook Sociolinguistics will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect changes in the field since publication of the first edition in 1980, the author has added new sections on politeness, accommodation and prototypes;and he has expanded discussion of sex differences in language use.and the relationship between language and thought.over a third of the second edition is completely new,and there is one entirely new chapter,but ample coverage of classic topics such as varieties of language,speech as co\\social interaction,the quantitative study o speech and lihnguistic and social inequality ,remains.like the first,the second edition of sociolinguistics is an exceptionally clear and helpful overview of the relationship of language and socicty.

本书是当代国外语言学与应用语言学文库中的一册，全书共分七章。以语言变体、语言、文化和思维以及言语的定量研究等多方面详细阐述了社会语言学的基本原理。 该书内容全面，具有较强的科学性、系统性、理论性及知识性。不仅可供初学者学习，同时对研究者同样具有参考价值。