Language, Gender, and Sexuality offers a panoramic and accessible introduction to the ways in which linguistic patterns are sensitive to social categories of gender and sexuality, as well as an overvi
The study of variation and change lies at the heart of sociolinguistic enterprise, yet few texts cover the full range of studies produced in this field. This collection widely surveys this work, focus
The study of variation and change is at the heart of sociolinguistics. Providing a wide survey of the field, this textbook is organised around three constraints on variation: linguistic structure, soc
