ABSTRACT
This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive, accessible, and uniquely interdisciplinary examination of social factors’ role in second language acquisition (SLA) through different theoretical paradigms, methodological traditions, populations, contexts, and language groups. Top scholars from around the world synthesize current and past work, contextualize the central issues, and set the future research agenda on second language variation, including languages studied or taught less commonly. This will be an indispensable resource to scholars and advanced students of SLA, applied linguistics, education, and other fields interested in the social aspects of language learning in research practice and instruction.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|110 pages
Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations in the Study of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics
part II|75 pages
Sociolinguistic Factors and their Role in Second Language Acquisition
chapter 12|13 pages
Style and (In)Formality
part III|87 pages
Tools for Research on Second Language Sociolinguistics
part IV|81 pages
Learner Populations and Learning Contexts
part V|76 pages
Language-Specific Research on Second Language Sociolinguistics