TY - BOOK AU - Meyerhoff,Miriam TI - Introducing sociolinguistics SN - 9780415550062 (pbk.) PY - 2011/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon ; , New York PB - Routledge KW - Sociolinguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction to using this book -- Introducing and understanding sociolinguistics -- Variation and style -- Language attitudes -- Being polite as a variable in speech -- Multilingualism and language choice -- Real time and apparent time -- Social class -- Social networks and communities of practice -- Gender -- language contact -- Looking back and looking ahead ER -