This is a comprehensive collection of key readings in modern sociolinguistics.This book offers the most up-to-date overview of Sociolinguistics, bringing together many of the most important new ideas and debates in the field. It contains many newly commissioned texts by leading scholars and develops critical perspectives on established research. It covers a wide-ranging analysis of language, discourse, society, culture and identity. It includes helpful introductions to each of the six, distinctive sections.This indispensable volume complements the original "Sociolinguistics Reader" and brings together many of the discipline's most influential authors and texts. Including important new approaches to language and gender, social change and multilingualism, the editors point to key themes, debates and shifts within modern Sociolinguistics. (Bookdata)