01066nam a22001817a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000130007608200180008910000210010724500930012826000380022130000180025950000510027752005270032854600080085565000210086320260605153617.0260605s2024    |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9783031425219  cPK-LaUMT  a306.44bWAL-L1 aWalker, James A.10aLanguage in its social context :ban introduction to sociolinguistics /cJames A. Walker  aCham :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2024  axviii, 377 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aIn Language in its Social Context, Professor James A. Walker presents a masterful exposition on sociolinguistics, which is comprehensive, current, and engagingly relevant. This meticulously structured work navigates through linguistic ideologies, multilingual societies, and the factors influencing language variation. By deftly weaving the sociological, anthropological, and variationist approaches, Walker not only elucidates the complexities of language in society but also grounds them in tangible real-world contexts.  aEng  aSociolinguistics