TY - BOOK AU - David, Jonathan TI - Experimental Research Methods in Sociolinguistics SN - 9781682505441 U1 - 001.42 PY - 2019/// CY - New York : PB - Magnum Publishing, KW - Sociolinguistics Methodology KW - Sociolinguistics Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: Towards an understanding of contextual features that influence the linguistic formality of British sign language users ; Chapter 2. Maybe it's a grime [T]lng: TH-Stopping among urban British Youth ; Chapter 3. The 'Other Woman' in a mother and daughter relationship: the case of mami ji ; Chapter 4. Spelling reform and society ; Chapter 5. Sociocultural aspect of censorship ; Chapter 6. Sociolinguistic consciousness and spoken English in Nigerian tertiary institutions ; Chapter 7. The sociolinguistics and pragmatics of greetings in sidama ; Chapter 8. With Spanish, Guarani lives: a sociolinguistic analysis of bilingual education in Paraguay ; Chapter 9. Predictors of successful learning in multilingual older adults acquiring a majority language ; Chapter 10. Uncovering the mechanisms responsible for why language leraning may promote healthy cognitive aging ; Chapter 11. English experience in Italian landscape: place and recreated place in E.M. forster's Italian novels; Chapter 12. Cross-linguistic influence on punctuation: the English and Russian dash in contact N2 - Description : Portraying foundation issues, recent advances and current debates, presenting familiar or classic information in new ways and supplementing the familiar with fresh examples from a wide range of languages and social settings, this book clearly explains the patterns and systems that underlie language variation in use, as well as the ways in which alternations between different language varieties index personal style, social power and national identity. The book provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, reflecting changes in the global situation and the continuing evolution of the field and its relevance to language ER -