Language and Society

Frontmatter -- General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- SECTION ONE Introductory -- Introduction / McCORMACK, WILLIAM C. -- SECTION TWO Social Meaning of Language -- A Transactional View of Speech Functions and Codeswitching / PRIDE, J. B. -- Extralinguistic Variables and Linguistic Description / VANEK, ANTHONY L. -- Sociolinguistic Aspects of Pronoun Usage in Middle English / SAMPSON, GLORIA PAULIK -- Codeswitching as a "Safe Choice" in Choosing a Lingua Franca / SCOTTON, CAROL MYERS -- Other People's Words: An Aspect of Style in Ga Songs / DAKUBU, ¿. E. KROPP -- How Role-Relationships, Domains, and Speech Situations Affect Language Use Among Bilinguals / PASCASIO, ¿MY M. / HIDALGO, ARACELI -- Correlational Sociolinguistics and the Ethnography of Communication / LINDENFELD, JACQUELINE -- SECTION THREE Survey Techniques -- Sociological Aspects of Black English Dialects in the United States / SMITH, R. B. -- Communication in Culture Spaces / YAMAMOTO, AKIRA -- Sociolinguistic Variation and Semantic Structure: The Case of Tamil kaRi / SOUTHWORTH, FRANKLIN C. -- Perspectives on Sociolinguistics in India / PANDIT, P. B. -- A Demographic Typology for Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi Speakers in South Asia / KHUBCHANDANI, LACHMAN M. -- Social Mobility and Specialization in Language Use / JOLLY, GRACE -- Modal and Modish Pronunciations: Some Sex Differences in Speech / LEVINE, LEWIS / CROCKETT, HARRY J. -- The Effects of Marital Status and Age on Sex Differences in Language Style / WARSHAY, DIANA WORTMAN -- Sampling, Elicitation, and Interpretation: Orléans and Elsewhere / ROSS, JOHN -- Social Differences in White Speech / McDAVID, RAVEN I. -- Language Choice and Socialization in a Multilingual Community: Language Use Among Primary School Teachers in Ghana / URE, JEAN -- Relational Bilingualism: A Socioeducational Approach to Studying Multilingualism Among Mexican-Americans / ORNSTEIN, JACOB -- SECTION FOUR Language and Cultural Identity -- The Future of the Oppressed Languages in the Andes / ALBÓ, XAVIER -- A Comparative Study of Language Contact: The Influence of Demographic Factors in Wales and the Soviet Union / LEWIS, E. GLYN -- Linguistic Contacts and Elements of Ethnic Identification / GUBOGLO, M. -- Region, Religion, and Language: Parameters of Identity in the Process of Acculturation / ¿¿¿¿, MAHADEV L. -- Sociopsychological Bases of Language Choice and Use: The Case of Swahili Vernaculars and English in Kenya / MUTHIANI, JOSEPH -- Cree-English Bilingualism in Northern Alberta / DARNELL, REGNA -- Bilingualism and Language Maintenance in Two Communities in Santa Catarina, Brazil / HEYE, JÜRGEN -- Cherokee: A Flourishing or Obsolescing Language? / PULTE, WILLIAM -- Chicano Bilingual/Bicultural Education / TRUEBA, HENRY TORRES -- Helping Africans to Speak for Themselves: The Role of Linguistics / ARMSTRONG, ROBERT G. -- SECTION FIVE Modernization -- A Typology of Language Education in Nigeria / BRANN, C. ¿. B. -- Social and Linguistic Structures of Burundi, a Typical "Unimodal" Country / VERDOODT, A. -- The Sociolinguistic Structure of the Danube Basin / DÉCSY, GYULA -- Language Unification in Taiwan: Present and Future / CHENG, ROBERT L. -- The Persistence of the Ideographic Script in the Far East: Its Competitive Values Versus the Alphabet / MARAINI, FOSCO -- Prestige Speech Styles: The Imposed Norm and Inherent Value Hypotheses / GILES, HOWARD / BOURHIS, RICHARD / DAVIES, ANN -- Attitudes Toward the Adoption of an International Language / SILVERMAN, ELLEN-MARIE / SILVERMAN, FRANKLIN H. -- East Europeans and the Politics of Multiculturalism in Alberta / ABU-LABAN, BAHA -- Universal Literacy of the Formerly Backward Peoples of the Soviet Union: A Factor of Their Social Self Awareness / KUMANËV, V. A. -- Communication in an Indian Village / YADAVA, J. S. -- Emerging Patterns of Communication Networks in a Developing Society / LAKSHMANNA, C. -- Network Concepts in the Sociology of Language / AFENDRAS, EVANGELOS A. -- Problems of Language Standardization in India / KRISHNAMURTI, BH. -- Universals of Language Planning in National Development / FERGUSON, CHARLES A. / DIL, ANWAR S. -- The Dimensionality and Predictability of Responses to Language Planning Activities / FISHMAN, JOSHUA A. -- SECTION SIX Discussion -- Summary of Discussion / WURM, S. A. -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects