Books by Penelope (Stanford University Eckert

Linguistic styles carry a wide range of meaning - from speakers' socio-economic class to their momentary mood or stance. This book traces the development of the 'Third Wave' approach to sociolinguistic variation, examining the stylistic construction of social meaning and the relation between individual styles and broad societal patterns of variability.

The new edition of this introductory textbook has been updated and restructured to emphasise the deep, yet constantly changing relationship between gender and language use. It covers the full breadth of the course, including sexuality and non-normative sexual and gender identities.