Introduction: English(es) as a social practice
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: English is perhaps the most widely-spoken, widely-taught and widely-researched language in the world. For better or worse, this has led to a situation in which research centred on (varieties of) English has been fundamental to the development of sociolinguistics and related disciplines (just as it has in many other branches of linguistics and the language sciences). From insight into the social stratification of linguistic variables (Labov), to understanding of the way in which language inte...
Source: Anglophonia
Authors: Adam Wilson, Marc Deneire, Catherine Chauvin
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4382727993