What does your speech say about you? ; Does language influence worldview? -- What is sociolinguistics? ; Four levels of language variation -- How do dialects develop? ; Language change: what's new is old again -- The origin and history of American dialects ; Your shifty vowels -- Vowel shifts and regional American speech ; Language and social class -- Sex, age, and language change ; Language attitudes and social perception -- Language as a communicative process ; Making sense of conversational intentions -- Analyzing conversation ; The mechanics of good conversation -- Mind your manners: politeness speech ; Linguistic style and repertoire -- The gender divide in language ; Ethnic identity and language -- Socializing children into language ; Language, adolescence, and education -- Textspeak: 2 bad 4 English ; The changing face of linguistic diversity.
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