Summary of what's new

• Completely re-written and updated
• Brand new sections on the following important contemporary issues in language study:
  • language and culture
  • African American vernacular English
  • corpus linguistics
  • language and gender
  • gestures and sign language
  • slang
  • social markers
  • speech accommodation
• A fully updated bibliography
• A comprehensive glossary providing clear explanations of technical terms
• Fresh study questions and research tasks (over 100 exercises in total), with suggested answers included in the book