Cover -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES, MAPS AND FIGURES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTE TO READERS -- 1 CLEARING THE GROUND: BASIC ISSUES, CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES -- 2 REGIONAL DIALECTOLOGY -- 3 SOCIAL DIALECTOLOGY -- 4 LANGUAGE VARIATION AND CHANGE -- 5 LANGUAGE CHOICE AND CODE-SWITCHING -- 6 LANGUAGE IN INTERACTION -- 7 GENDER AND LANGUAGE USE -- 8 LANGUAGE CONTACT 1: MAINTENANCE, SHIFT AND DEATH -- 9 LANGUAGE CONTACT 2: PIDGINS, CREOLES AND 'NEW ENGLISHES' -- 10 CRITICAL SOCIOLINGUISTICS: APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE AND POWER -- 11 SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND EDUCATION -- 12 LANGUAGE PLANNING AND POLICY -- 13 THE SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF SIGN LANGUAGE -- EPILOGUE -- FURTHER READING -- NEXT STEPS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX.