Language in Society

Language in Society is key reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.

Nala H. Lee is an associate professor of linguistics at the Department of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Contents of this Book Chapter 2: Sociolinguistic Variation Chapter 3: Multilingualism Chapter 4: Contact Languages Chapter 5: Language Endangerment Chapter 6: Language and Justice Chapter 7: Language and Computing Short glossary of terms relating to other branches of linguistics Index