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1. Introductory texts

  • Meyerhoff, Miriam. 2011. Introducing Sociolinguistics. 2nd ed. London: Routledge.

2. More advanced reading

  • Eckert, P. 2000. Linguistic Variation as Social Practice.  Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Labov, W. 1972. Sociolinguistic Patterns. Philadelphia: U. Pennsylvania Press.
  • Labov, W. 1994. Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol I: Internal Factors. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Labov, W. 2001. Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol II: Social Factors. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Labov, W. 2010. Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol III: Cognitive and Cultural Factors. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Milroy, L. 1987. Language and Social Networks. 2nd edition Oxford: Blackwell.

3. Reference

  • Chambers, J. K., P. Trudgill, N. Schilling-Estes, (eds.) 2002. The Handbook of Linguistic Variation and Change. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Coulmas, F, (ed.) 1997. The Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Coupland, N. and A. Jaworski, (eds.) 2009. The New Sociolinguistics Reader. Houndmills: Macmillan.
  • Ehrlich, S., M. Meyerhoff and J. Holmes (eds.) 2014. The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Fishman, J. & O. García (eds.) 2010. The Handbook of Language and Ethnic Identity. 2nd ed. Oxford: OUP

4. Journals