Handbook of Sociolinguistics(限台灣)

　　本書收錄由 32 位著名學者撰述的文章（共 28 篇），內容深入淺出，並涵蓋最新的社會語言學研究及應用成果，是一本理想的研究參考書。本書內容包括：

1. 　社會語言學的基本理念及研究方針介紹
2. 　從社會與語言兩個角度探討其互動關係
3. 　討論近年來社會語言學在教育、雙語教育、法律及語言設計等應用領域所帶來的貢獻

本書目次如下：

Part 1 : Foundations
The Evolution of a Sociolinguistic Theory of Language
The Demography of Language

Part 2 : Social Dimensions of Language
Varieties and Variation
Language Change in Progress : Variation as it Happens
Social Factors in Language Change
Sociophonology
Dialect in Society
Gender as a Sociolinguistic Variable : New Perspectives on Variation Studies
Age as a Sociolinguistic Variable
Spoken and Written Language
The Sociolinguistics of Communication Media
Diglossia as a Sociolinguistic Situation
Code-Switching
Language Contact and Language Generation : Pidgins and Creoles
Language Contact and Language Degeneration

Part 3 : Linguistic Dimensions of Society
Language Contact and Language Displacement
Language Conflict
Multilingualism
Language and Identity
Language and Ethnicity : The View from Within
Global Scale Sociolinguistics
Language and the Mediation of Experience : Linguistic Representation and Cognitive Orientation
Linguistic Etiquette

Part 4 : Applied Issues
Sociolinguistics and Education
Bilingual Education
Sociolinguistics and the Law
Language Planning and Language Reform

Bibliography
Index