Introduction to MATLAB

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《社會語言學導論》（An Introduction to Sociolinguistics）共有11章，主要從微觀社會語言學的角度來探討社會語言學所涉獵的基本概念。從第1章到第11章分別介紹：社會語言學的含義和研究范疇；語言變異；語言與文化；語言與政治；語言與媒體；語言與性別、年齡和社會階層；語言與身份地位；語言變化；語言規劃；21世紀語言問題探討；語言預測。《社會語言學導論》在每章的結尾處還附有

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