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Bringing together a team of renowned international scholars, this volume provides a wide-ranging collection of historical and state-of-the-art perspectives on language regard, particularly in the context of language variation and language change, and importantly, highlights the range of new methodologies being used by linguists to explore and evaluate it. The importance of language regard to the inquiry of language variation and change in the field of sociolinguistics is increasingly being recognized, yet misunderstandings about its nature and importance continue to exist. This volume provides scholars and students of sociolinguistics, with the tools and theory to pursue such inquiry. Contributions and research come from Europe, North America, and Asia, and language varieties such as Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and American Sign Language are discussed.

English language --- Linguistic change --- Sociolinguistics --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Variation --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Germanic languages --- Sociolingüística --- Cambio lingüístico --- Dialectos --- Inglés --- Aspectos sociales

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This book deals with one the most interesting aspects of human life—the search for meaning. It discusses how the science of semiotics is equipped to provide insight on what meaning is and how we produce it. Why is it that certain people routinely put their survival at risk by smoking? Why is it that some women make locomotion difficult for themselves by donning high-heel footwear? Are there unconscious forces at work behind such strange behaviors? This book will attempt to answer such questions by claiming that these behaviors are meaningful in culture-specific ways. The discipline that studies such behaviors and their relation to meanings is called semiotics. Semiotics probes the human condition in its own peculiar way, by unraveling the meanings of signs, which motivate not only the wearing of high heel shoes, but also the construction of words and art forms. Now in its third edition, this landmark introduction to semiotics has been updated with a wealth of new content, focusing on the many developments in digital culture since the previous edition. With the addition of topics such as memes, Selfies, social media profiles, and even Mafia discourse, the new edition comprehensively covers new trends in culture while streamlining treatments of basic semiotics contents. Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics and Anthropology at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is renowned for his work in several areas of semiotic study, including pop culture and metaphor. He has been a guest on several broadcast outlets, including National Public Radio. Among his major recent publications are The History of the Kiss (2013) and Murder in Plain English, with Michael Arntfield (2016). His work has been featured in the New York Times, Toronto Star, and Psychology Today, among other print publications. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Semiotica, the leading journal in semiotics.

Culture—Study and teaching. --- Communication. --- Semiotics. --- Popular Culture. --- Ethnology. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies. --- Media and Communication. --- Popular Culture . --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Semeiotics --- Semiology (Linguistics) --- Semantics --- Signs and symbols --- Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Comunicació --- Sociolingüística --- Semiòtica --- Semiologia (Lingüística) --- Semàntica --- Simbolisme --- Anàlisi del discurs --- Intertextualitat --- Multimodalitat --- Onomasiologia --- Simbolisme fònic --- Semiòtica de l'arquitectura --- Llenguatge i societat --- Sociologia del llenguatge --- Lingüística --- Llenguatge i llengües --- Sociologia --- Demografia lingüística --- Diglòssia --- Discriminació lingüística --- Expansió de la llengua --- Hipòtesi de Sapir-Whorf --- Identitat lingüística --- Llengües mortes --- Minories lingüístiques --- Pèrdua de les llengües --- Planificació lingüística --- Racisme en el llenguatge --- Sociologia de la literatura --- Ecolingüística --- Llengua i cultura --- Comunicació humana --- Comunicació social --- Arts del llenguatge --- Cibernètica --- Ciències de la informació --- Competència comunicativa --- Comunicació en l'educació --- Comunicació en l'empresa --- Comunicació en la família --- Comunicació escrita --- Comunicació intercultural --- Comunicació internacional --- Comunicació interpersonal --- Comunicació no verbal --- Comunicació oral --- Comunicació visual --- Comunicacions --- Cultura participativa --- Cultura popular --- Desinformació --- Interaccionisme simbòlic --- Mitjans de comunicació de massa --- Persuasió (Psicologia) --- Relacions públiques --- Teoria de la informació --- Xafarderia --- Presa d'apunts --- Qüestionament --- Semàntica (Filosofia) --- Sociologia de la comunicació

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This handbook provides a comprehensive view of the field of the sociology of gender. It presents the most important theories about gender and methods used to study gender, as well as extensive coverage of the latest research on gender in the most important areas of social life, including gendered bodies, sexuality, carework, paid labor, social movements, incarceration, migration, gendered violence, and others. Building from previous publications this handbook includes a vast array of chapters from leading researchers in the sociological study of gender. It synthesizes the diverse field of gender scholarship into a cohesive theoretical framework, gender structure theory, in order to position the specific contributions of each author/chapter as part of a complex and multidimensional gender structure. Through this organization of the handbook, readers do not only gain tremendous insight from each chapter, but they also attain a broader understanding of the way multiple gendered processes are interrelated and mutually constitutive. While the specific focus of the handbook is on gender, the chapters included in the volume also give significant attention to the interrelation of race, class, and other systems of stratification as they intersect and implicate gendered processes.

Social sciences. --- Social structure. --- Social inequality. --- Sociology. --- Social sciences --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Gender Studies. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Social Structure, Social Inequality. --- Social Theory. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Philosophy. --- Psychological aspects --- Developmental psychology. --- Social sciences-Philosophy. --- Development (Psychology) --- Developmental psychobiology --- Psychology --- Life cycle, Human --- Methodology. --- Sex role. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Sociologia --- Estudis de gènere --- Ciències socials --- Aristocràcia (Ciències polítiques) --- Atur --- Canvi social --- Capital social (Sociologia) --- Ciutats --- Comunicació --- Conflictes socials --- Conservadorisme --- Contracte social --- Control social --- Escola de Chicago (Sociologia) --- Estructura social --- Grups socials --- Integració social --- Interseccionalitat (Sociologia) --- Gerontologia --- Macrosociologia --- Microsociologia --- Mitjans de comunicació de massa --- Problemes socials --- Psicologia social --- Sistemes socials --- Socialització --- Societat de la informació --- Societat de massa --- Societat primitiva --- Sociolingüística --- Sociologia criminal --- Sociologia de l'economia --- Sociologia de l'educació --- Sociologia de l'esport --- Sociologia de la comunicació --- Sociologia de la discapacitat --- Sociologia de la infermeria --- Sociologia de la religió --- Sociologia de les organitzacions --- Sociologia del lleure --- Sociologia del risc --- Sociologia històrica --- Sociologia industrial --- Sociologia islàmica --- Sociologia marxista --- Sociologia rural --- Sociologia urbana --- Sociologia visual --- Subsidiarietat --- Anomia --- Ecologia humana --- Història de la sociologia --- Història social --- Sociòlegs --- Investigació sobre gènere --- Investigació en ciències socials --- Diferències entre sexes --- Estudis de dones --- Gènere --- Identitat sexual --- Relacions home-dona --- Rol sexual --- Identitat de gènere --- Equality.