1 Linguistics and sociolinguistics

2 A tapestry in space and time

3 Language varieties:processes and problems

4 Discovering the structure in variation

5 Rhoticity

6 At the intersection of social factors

7 Change,meaning and acts of identity

8 The discourse of social life

9 Communication:words and world

10 Action and critique

11 Language and social explanation

Further reading

References

Index