* Languages and Peoples of the World (1982)
* An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (1986)
* Varieties of English: An Introduction (1992)
* Investigating Language Contact: Methods and Concepts (1998)
* An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (5th ed., 2006)
* Contact Languages (2011)
Articles
* "The Relationship between Language and Social Structure" (1968)
* "Theories of Language Contact" (1970)
* "The Functions of Language in Society" (1972)
* "Pidgins and Creoles" (1974)
* "Language and Dialect" (1976)
* "Sociolinguistics and Education" (1978)
* "Language and Politics" (1980)
* "The Future of English" (1982)
* "Language Contact and Language Change" (1984)
* "The Varieties of English" (1986)
Other Publications
* An Atlas of World Languages (1983)
* The Edinburgh Sociolinguistics Reader (1989)
* The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics (2006)
* The Cambridge Handbook of Sociolinguistics (2011)