A review by chaoticbibliophile
Language Myths by Laurie Bauer, Peter Trudgill
This is a good intro to sociolinguistics, I think, because it offers a very readable and bite-sized primer to how linguists have to think and study languages in spite of our preconceived notions about Language (and we all do have them, even in spite ourselves!)
That said, I found the quality of the chapters quite uneven (also, I picked this up a bit late in the linguistics game as a 4th year student), but I still learnt more than a few things! I would recommend it overall :)
That said, I found the quality of the chapters quite uneven (also, I picked this up a bit late in the linguistics game as a 4th year student), but I still learnt more than a few things! I would recommend it overall :)