NIKOLAS COUPLAND is Research Director of the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, and an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.  His current research is on style and performance in spoken discourse, the sociolinguistics of Wales and sociolinguistic theory.ADAM JAWORSKI is Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University. Adam's interests include face-to-face interaction in the age of globalisation, the sociolinguistics of tourism, media discourse, and visual and nonverbal communication.

• Introduction: Social Worlds through Language; N. Coupland and A. JaworskiPART I: LANGUAGE VARIATIONEditors' Introduction to Part IDialect in Society; W.WolframThe Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores; W.LabovThe Social Differentiation of English in Norwich; P.TrudgillThe Transmission Problem in Linguistic Change; W. LabovNetwork Structure and Linguistic Change; J.Milroy and L.MilroyDemythologising Sociolinguistics; D.CameronSyntactic Variation and Beyond; J. CheshireBe + Like: The New Quotative in English; S. TagliamonteEthnography and the Study of Variation; P. EckertPART II: LANGUAGE, GENDER AND SEXUALITYEditors' Introduction to Part II'Women's Language' or 'Powerless Language'?; W.O'Barr and B.K.AtkinsThe Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance; D. TannenFraternity Men: Variation and Discourses of Masculinity; S.KieslingMasculinity Manoeuvres: Critical Discourse Psychology and the Analysis of Identity Strategies; M. Weatherell and N. Edley'Why Be Normal?': Language and Identity Practices in a Community of Nerd Girls; M.BucholtzLip service on the Fantasy Lines; K. HallLanguage and Identity in Drag Queen Perfromances; R. BarrettPART III: STYLE, STYLISATION AND IDENTITYEditors' Introduction to Part IIILanguage Style as Audience Design; A.BellThe Process of Communication Accommodation; H.GilesCrossing, Ethnicity and Code-Switching; B. RamptonYorkville Crossing: White teens, hip-hop and African American English; C.CutlerActs of Identity: The Pantomine Dance; N. CouplandRefashioning and Performing Identities in Global hip-hop; A. PennycookPART IV: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES, IDEOLOGIES AND STANCESEditors' Introduction to Part IVLinguistic Resources for Socializing Humanity; E. OchsLanguage Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation; J. T. Irvine and S. GalThe Production and Reception of Language Ideologies in Practice; A. JaffeLanguage Ideology and Spelling Reform: Discourses of Orthography in the Debate on German; S. JohnsonSocial Class Differences and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech; J.EdwardsFolk Linguistics; N. Niedzielski and D. PrestonPART V: MULTILINGUALISM, CODE-SWITCHING AND DIGLOSSIAEditors' Introduction to Part VThe Sociology of Language; J.FishmanDiglossia; C. FergusonLanguage Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community; S. GalCodeswitching; C. Myers ScottonBilingual Conversation; P. AuerLinguistic and Educational Aspects of Tok Pisin; J. SiegelLanguage Rights; S. MaySociolinguistic Dimensions of Language Death. N. C. DorianA Sociolinguistics of Globalisation; J.BlommaertPART VI: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND INTERACTIONEditors' Introduction to Part VIModels of the Interaction of Language and Social Life; D.HymesContextualization Conventions; J. J. GumperzCultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition; E. OchsHumour, Power and Gender in the Workplace; J.HolmesSocial Functions of Small Talk and Gossip; J. CouplandThe Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Encounters in Tourism; A. JaworskiCreativity in Sign Languages; R. Sutton-SpencePoetics and Performance as Critical Perspec.

NIKOLAS COUPLAND is Research Director of the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, and an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.  His current research is on style and performance in spoken discourse, the sociolinguistics of Wales and sociolinguistic theory.ADAM JAWORSKI is Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University. Adam's interests include face-to-face interaction in the age of globalisation, the sociolinguistics of tourism, media discourse, and visual and nonverbal communication.

• Introduction: Social Worlds through Language; N. Coupland and A. JaworskiPART I: LANGUAGE VARIATIONEditors' Introduction to Part IDialect in Society; W.WolframThe Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores; W.LabovThe Social Differentiation of English in Norwich; P.TrudgillThe Transmission Problem in Linguistic Change; W. LabovNetwork Structure and Linguistic Change; J.Milroy and L.MilroyDemythologising Sociolinguistics; D.CameronSyntactic Variation and Beyond; J. CheshireBe + Like: The New Quotative in English; S. TagliamonteEthnography and the Study of Variation; P. EckertPART II: LANGUAGE, GENDER AND SEXUALITYEditors' Introduction to Part II'Women's Language' or 'Powerless Language'?; W.O'Barr and B.K.AtkinsThe Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance; D. TannenFraternity Men: Variation and Discourses of Masculinity; S.KieslingMasculinity Manoeuvres: Critical Discourse Psychology and the Analysis of Identity Strategies; M. Weatherell and N. Edley'Why Be Normal?': Language and Identity Practices in a Community of Nerd Girls; M.BucholtzLip service on the Fantasy Lines; K. HallLanguage and Identity in Drag Queen Perfromances; R. BarrettPART III: STYLE, STYLISATION AND IDENTITYEditors' Introduction to Part IIILanguage Style as Audience Design; A.BellThe Process of Communication Accommodation; H.GilesCrossing, Ethnicity and Code-Switching; B. RamptonYorkville Crossing: White teens, hip-hop and African American English; C.CutlerActs of Identity: The Pantomine Dance; N. CouplandRefashioning and Performing Identities in Global hip-hop; A. PennycookPART IV: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES, IDEOLOGIES AND STANCESEditors' Introduction to Part IVLinguistic Resources for Socializing Humanity; E. OchsLanguage Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation; J. T. Irvine and S. GalThe Production and Reception of Language Ideologies in Practice; A. JaffeLanguage Ideology and Spelling Reform: Discourses of Orthography in the Debate on German; S. JohnsonSocial Class Differences and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech; J.EdwardsFolk Linguistics; N. Niedzielski and D. PrestonPART V: MULTILINGUALISM, CODE-SWITCHING AND DIGLOSSIAEditors' Introduction to Part VThe Sociology of Language; J.FishmanDiglossia; C. FergusonLanguage Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community; S. GalCodeswitching; C. Myers ScottonBilingual Conversation; P. AuerLinguistic and Educational Aspects of Tok Pisin; J. SiegelLanguage Rights; S. MaySociolinguistic Dimensions of Language Death. N. C. DorianA Sociolinguistics of Globalisation; J.BlommaertPART VI: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND INTERACTIONEditors' Introduction to Part VIModels of the Interaction of Language and Social Life; D.HymesContextualization Conventions; J. J. GumperzCultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition; E. OchsHumour, Power and Gender in the Workplace; J.HolmesSocial Functions of Small Talk and Gossip; J. CouplandThe Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Encounters in Tourism; A. JaworskiCreativity in Sign Languages; R. Sutton-SpencePoetics and Performance as Critical Perspec.

NIKOLAS COUPLAND is Research Director of the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, and an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.  His current research is on style and performance in spoken discourse, the sociolinguistics of Wales and sociolinguistic theory.ADAM JAWORSKI is Professor at the Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University. Adam's interests include face-to-face interaction in the age of globalisation, the sociolinguistics of tourism, media discourse, and visual and nonverbal communication.

• Introduction: Social Worlds through Language; N. Coupland and A. JaworskiPART I: LANGUAGE VARIATIONEditors' Introduction to Part IDialect in Society; W.WolframThe Social Stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores; W.LabovThe Social Differentiation of English in Norwich; P.TrudgillThe Transmission Problem in Linguistic Change; W. LabovNetwork Structure and Linguistic Change; J.Milroy and L.MilroyDemythologising Sociolinguistics; D.CameronSyntactic Variation and Beyond; J. CheshireBe + Like: The New Quotative in English; S. TagliamonteEthnography and the Study of Variation; P. EckertPART II: LANGUAGE, GENDER AND SEXUALITYEditors' Introduction to Part II'Women's Language' or 'Powerless Language'?; W.O'Barr and B.K.AtkinsThe Relativity of Linguistic Strategies: Rethinking Power and Solidarity in Gender and Dominance; D. TannenFraternity Men: Variation and Discourses of Masculinity; S.KieslingMasculinity Manoeuvres: Critical Discourse Psychology and the Analysis of Identity Strategies; M. Weatherell and N. Edley'Why Be Normal?': Language and Identity Practices in a Community of Nerd Girls; M.BucholtzLip service on the Fantasy Lines; K. HallLanguage and Identity in Drag Queen Perfromances; R. BarrettPART III: STYLE, STYLISATION AND IDENTITYEditors' Introduction to Part IIILanguage Style as Audience Design; A.BellThe Process of Communication Accommodation; H.GilesCrossing, Ethnicity and Code-Switching; B. RamptonYorkville Crossing: White teens, hip-hop and African American English; C.CutlerActs of Identity: The Pantomine Dance; N. CouplandRefashioning and Performing Identities in Global hip-hop; A. PennycookPART IV: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES, IDEOLOGIES AND STANCESEditors' Introduction to Part IVLinguistic Resources for Socializing Humanity; E. OchsLanguage Ideology and Linguistic Differentiation; J. T. Irvine and S. GalThe Production and Reception of Language Ideologies in Practice; A. JaffeLanguage Ideology and Spelling Reform: Discourses of Orthography in the Debate on German; S. JohnsonSocial Class Differences and the Identification of Sex in Children's Speech; J.EdwardsFolk Linguistics; N. Niedzielski and D. PrestonPART V: MULTILINGUALISM, CODE-SWITCHING AND DIGLOSSIAEditors' Introduction to Part VThe Sociology of Language; J.FishmanDiglossia; C. FergusonLanguage Change and Sex Roles in a Bilingual Community; S. GalCodeswitching; C. Myers ScottonBilingual Conversation; P. AuerLinguistic and Educational Aspects of Tok Pisin; J. SiegelLanguage Rights; S. MaySociolinguistic Dimensions of Language Death. N. C. DorianA Sociolinguistics of Globalisation; J.BlommaertPART VI: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND INTERACTIONEditors' Introduction to Part VIModels of the Interaction of Language and Social Life; D.HymesContextualization Conventions; J. J. GumperzCultural Dimensions of Language Acquisition; E. OchsHumour, Power and Gender in the Workplace; J.HolmesSocial Functions of Small Talk and Gossip; J. CouplandThe Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Encounters in Tourism; A. JaworskiCreativity in Sign Languages; R. Sutton-SpencePoetics and Performance as Critical Perspec.