The book by Gerard Van Herk is a popular introductory textbook published by Wiley-Blackwell . It is widely used for its conversational tone and focus on real-world language variation. Verified Access Options
The correlation between economic class and language choices, often dictated by standard versus non-standard prestige dialects.
The book is structured specifically to aid learning and retention:
Languages are not static; they evolve when different cultures collide. Van Herk maps out the lifecycles of contact languages.