This new edition of Richard Hudsons widely acclaimed textbook <strong>Sociolinguistics</strong>will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect chang... » 

This new edition of Richard Hudsons widely acclaimed textbook Sociolinguisticswill be welcomed by students and teachers alike. To reflect changes in thefield since publication of the first edition in 1980 the author has added newsections on politeness accommodation and prototypes and he has expandeddiscussion of sex differences culture and general theory. There remainscoverage of classic topics such as varieties of language speech as socialinteraction the quantitative study of speech and linguistic and socialinequality. Like the first the second edition of Sociolinguistics is anexceptionally clear and helpful overview of the relationship of language andsociety. «