Author: Gumperz, John J. [Dil, Anwar S.; editor:]
Title: Language in Social Groups. Essays by John J. Gumperz. Selected and Introduced by Anwar S. Dil
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, (1971). orig.boards. 23x15cm, xiv,350 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Language & Dialect Diversity: Some Remarks on Regional & Social Language Differences in India; Language problems in the Rural Development of North India; Dialect Differences & Social Stratification in a North Indian Village; Formal & Informal Standards in Hindi Regional Language Area; Speech Variation & the Study of Indian Civilization; Types of Linguistic Communities; The Speech Community; Language, Communication & Control in North India; Language Usage & Social interaction: Linguistic & Social Interaction in two Communities; Linguistic Repertoires, Grammars, & Second Language Instruction; Religion & Social Communication in Village North India; Hindi-Punjabi Code-Switching in Delhi; The Relation of Linguistic to Social Categories; Communication in Multilingual Societies; Convergence & Creolization: A Case from the Indo-Aryan / Dravidian Border in India; Social Meaning in Linguistic Structures: Code-Switching in Norway; Bilingualism, Bidialectalism, & Classroom Interaction.

Keywords: Sociolinguistics, Anthropological, Sociology Social, Linguistic, Anthropology, North India, South Asia, Dialect Dialects, Linguistics