General Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Section One: Introductory -- Introduction -- Section Two: Social Meaning Of Language -- A Transactional View Of Speech Functions And Codeswitching -- Extralinguistic Variables And Linguistic Description -- Sociolinguistic Aspects Of Pronoun Usage In Middle English -- Codeswitching As A "Safe Choice" In Choosing A Lingua Franca -- Other People'S Words: An Aspect Of Style In Ga Songs -- How Role-Relationships, Domains, And Speech Situations Affect Language Use Among Bilinguals -- Correlational Sociolinguistics And The Ethnography Of Communication -- Section Three: Survey Techniques -- Sociological Aspects Of Black English Dialects In The United States -- Communication In Culture Spaces -- Sociolinguistic Variation And Semantic Structure: The Case Of Tamil Kari -- Perspectives On Sociolinguistics In India -- A Demographic Typology For Hindi, Urdu, Panjabi Speakers In South Asia -- Social Mobility And Specialization In Language Use -- Modal And Modish Pronunciations: Some Sex Differences In Speech -- The Effects Of Marital Status And Age On Sex Differences In Language Style -- Sampling, Elicitation, And Interpretation: Orléans And Elsewhere -- Social Differences In White Speech -- Language Choice And Socialization In A Multilingual Community: Language Use Among Primary School Teachers In Ghana -- Relational Bilingualism: A Socioeducational Approach To Studying Multilingualism Among Mexican-Americans -- Section Four: Language And Cultural Identity -- The Future Of The Oppressed Languages In The Andes -- A Comparative Study Of Language Contact: The Influence Of Demographic Factors In Wales And The Soviet Union -- Linguistic Contacts And Elements Of Ethnic Identification -- Region, Religion, And Language: Parameters Of Identity In The Process Of Acculturation.

Sociopsychological Bases Of Language Choice And Use: The Case Of Swahili Vernaculars And English In Kenya -- Cree-English Bilingualism In Northern Alberta -- Bilingualism And Language Maintenance In Two Communities In Santa Catarina, Brazil -- Cherokee: A Flourishing Or Obsolescing Language? -- Chicano Bilingual/Bicultural Education -- Helping Africans To Speak For Themselves: The Role Of Linguistics -- Section Five: Modernization -- A Typology Of Language Education In Nigeria -- Social And Linguistic Structures Of Burundi, A Typical "Unimodal" Country -- The Sociolinguistic Structure Of The Danube Basin -- Language Unification In Taiwan: Present And Future -- The Persistence Of The Ideographic Script In The Far East: Its Competitive Values Versus The Alphabet -- Prestige Speech Styles: The Imposed Norm And Inherent Value Hypotheses -- Attitudes Toward The Adoption Of An International Language -- East Europeans And The Politics Of Multiculturalism In Alberta -- Universal Literacy Of The Formerly Backward Peoples Of The Soviet Union: A Factor Of Their Social Self-Awareness -- Communication In An Indian Village -- Emerging Patterns Of Communication Networks In A Developing Society -- Network Concepts In The Sociology Of Language -- Problems Of Language Standardization In India -- Universals Of Language Planning In National Development -- The Dimensionality And Predictability Of Responses To Language Planning Activities -- Section Six: Discussion -- Summary Of Discussion -- Biographical Notes -- Index Of Names -- Index Of Subjects.