Both a companion to Introducing Sociolinguistics, Miriam Meyerhoff’s bestselling textbook, and a stand-alone Reader in sociolinguistics, this collection includes classic foundational readings and more recent innovative articles. Intended to be highly user-friendly, The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader includes substantial section introductions, further reading, a reader’s guide on how to use the book and an introductory chapter providing advice on how to undertake qualitative and quantitative research. This introduction is supplemented by exercises focussing on data handling and collection. The Reader is divided into six sections and each section is thematically organised. Each reading is accessible to beginning students of sociolinguistics but the entire selection is assembled to also help advanced students focus on themes, principles and concepts that cut across different researchers’ work. Beginning and advanced students are supported by Content Questions to assist understanding of essential features in the readings, and Concept Questions which help advanced students make connections across readings, apply theory to data, and critically engage with the readings. A companion website supports and connects the Reader and textbook with structured exercises, links to associated websites and video examples, plus an online glossary. The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader is essential reading for students on courses in sociolinguistics, language and society, and language and variation. Authors: Allan Bell ao Jennifer Hay ao Stefanie Jannedy ao Norma Mendoza-Denton ao Qing Zhang ao John Laver ao Sachiko Ide ao Dennis R. Preston ao Thomas Purnell ao William Idsardi ao John Baugh ao Gibson Ferguson ao Isabelle Buchstaller ao Jinny K. Choi ao Don Kulick ao Christopher Stroud ao Jan-Peter Blom ao John J. Gumperz ao David Britain ao Monica Heller ao Ben Rampton ao Miriam Meyerhoff ao Nancy Niedzielski ao William Labov ao Rika Ito ao Sali Tagliamonte ao Gillian Sankoff ao Helene Blondeau ao Peter Trudgill ao Richard Cameron ao Lesley Milroy ao James Milroy ao Paul Kerswill ao Ann Williams ao Terttu Nevalainen ao Penelope Eckert ao Janet Holmes ao Stephanie Schnurr ao Niloofar Haeri ao Elinor Ochs ao Scott Fabius Kiesling ao Rusty Barrett Miriam Meyerhoff is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Erik Schleef is lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester, UK. Go to www.routledge.com/textbooks/meyerhoff for online resources supporting The Routledge Sociolinguistics Reader and Introducing Sociolinguistics (Meyerhoff 2011) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS