<i>Sociolinguistics: Method and Interpretation </i>presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology while recognizing that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory.<br><ul><br><li>Presents a thorough and practical description of current sociolinguistic methodology. <br><li>Considers a range of issues including speaker selection, data collection, social considerations, phonological and syntactical variation, style-shifting and code-switching. <br><li>Recognizes that methodological decisions can never be separated from questions of theory. <br><li>Stresses the need for the entire research process from the initial design of the project to the interpretation of results to be grounded in theoretically defensible positions. <br><li>Shows how the research paradigm established by a few influential pioneers has been fruitfully expanded by exciting new trends.</li></ul>