How long does it take to read An Introduction to Sociolinguistics?
An Introduction to Sociolinguistics by Janet Holmes takes about 7 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 33 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 412 pages, about 113,300 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sociolinguistics is the study of the interaction between language and society. In this classic introductory work, Janet Holmes examines the role of language in a variety of social contexts and considers both how language works and how it can be used to signal and interpret various aspects of social identity. Written with Holmes' customary enthusiasm, the book is divided into three sections which explain basic sociolinguistic concepts in the light of both classic approaches and the most recent research. Section A examines the varying patterns of language use within multilingual speech communitiesand considers the ways in which languages change within society, highlighting the factors that can lead to language displacement and, sometimes, to language death. Section B explores some of the social reasons behind language variation in monolingual communities and looks at the ways in which different ethnic, gender and social groups develop and maintain speech variations. The relationship between language variation and language change is also described. Section C assesses how attitudes to language affect speech behaviour and shows that appropriate linguistic responses take account of a variety of contextual factors – for example, the relative status of addresser and addressee. - Publisher.
Subjects: Sociolinguistics
