Rajen Mesthrie (Ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics

Reviewed by Zaenal Arifin Tulungagung, 30 November 2013 Rajen Mesthrie (Ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics All stuffs about sociolinguistics are in. The most comprehensive overview available, this handbook is an essential guide to sociolinguistics today. Reflecting the breadth of research in the field, it surveys a wide range of topics and approaches in the study of language variation and use in society. As...

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Nikolas Coupland. Style: Language Variation and Identity - Download

Reviewed by Zaenal Arifin Tulungagung, 30 November 2013 Nikolas Coupland. Style: Language Variation and Identity "Style refers to ways of speaking – how speakers use the resource of language variation to make meaning in social encounters. This book develops a coherent theoretical approach to style in sociolinguistics, illustrated with copious examples. It explains how speakers project different social identities...

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Rosina Marquez Reiter. Linguistic Politeness in Britain and Uruguay: A Contrastive Study of Requests and Apologies - Download

Reviewed by Zaenal Arifin  Tulungagung, 3 October 2013 Rosina Marquez Reiter. Linguistic Politeness in Britain and Uruguay:  A Contrastive Study of Requests and Apologies If you are planing or, right now, doing a pragmatic study, especially that dealing with ‘politeness’, more specifically to ‘requests’ and ‘apologies’, then, this book should be a really helpful reference you can use. What’s Good? I think this book is...

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Judit Sárosdy, et al. Applied Linguistics I for BA Students in English

Reviewed by Zaenal Arifin Tulungagung, 3 October 2013 Judit Sarosdy, et al. Applied Linguistics I for BA Students in English Applied Linguistics The key term that we need to understand before going further discussing this book is ‘applied linguistics’.   According to Péter Medgyes the discipline ‘applied linguistics’ has got several interpretations. Some specialists mean language pedagogy by ‘applied linguistics’, while others...

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