Introduction
PART 1: SOCIOLINGUISTICS: ORIGINS, DEFINITIONS AND APPROACHES
The Scope of Sociolinguistics; D.Hymes
Linguistics and Sociolinguistics; W.Labov
The Sociology of Language; J.Fishman
Language in a Social Perspective; M.Halliday
Communicative Competence; J.J.Gumperz
Social Semiotics, Style and Ideology; R.Hodge & G.Kress
Demythologizing Sociolinguistics; D.Cameron

PART 2: METHODS FOR STUDYING LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY
Field Linguistics; L.Milroy - Field Methods in the Study of Social Dialects; W.Wolfram & R.W.Fasold
Speech Events and Natural Speech; N.Wolfson
The Ethnographic Analysis of Communicative Events; M.Saville-Troike
Ethics, Advocacy and Empowerment in Researching Language; D.Cameron, E.Frazer, P.Harvey, B.Rampton & K.Richardson

PART 3: VARIATIONIST SOCIOLINGUISTICS
The Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores; W.Labov
The Social Differentiation of English in Norwich; P.Trudgill
Linguistic Variation and Social Function; J.Cheshire
Network Structure and Linguistic Change; J.Milroy
The Whole Woman: Sex and Gender Differences in Variation; P.Eckert

PART 4: STYLISTIC VARIATION
Accommodation Theory; H.Giles & P.Powesland
Language Style as Audience Design; A.Bell
Acts of Conflicting Identity: The Sociolinguistics of British Pop-song Pronunciation; P.Trudgill

PART 5: LANGUAGE, ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL STEREOTYPES
Social Groups and Social Stereotypes; M.Hewstone & H.Giles
Social Class and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech; J.R.Edwards
Language Attitudes in a Danish Movie-theatre; T.Kristiansen
Language Policies and Language Attitudes: le Monde de la Francophonie; R.Y.Bourhis

PART 6: MULTILINGUALISM
Language, Ethnicity and Racism; J.A.Fishman
Language Standardisation; E.Haugen - Pidgin English Advertising; S.Romaine
Language Selection and Switching in Three Strasbourg Department Stores; P.Gardner-Chloros
Language Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community; S.Gal

PART 7: INTERACTIONAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS
Interethnic Communication; J.J.Gumperz
Patois and the Politics of Protest: Black English in British Classrooms; V.Edwards
Interaction: The Work Women Do; P.M.Fishman
Cultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition; E.Ochs
PART 8: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behaviour to Language; B.L.Whorf
The Biculture in the Bilingual; M.Agar
Rules for Ritual Insults; W.Labov
The Sociology of Compliment Work in Polish and English; R.K.Herbert