Language in Society : an Introduction to Sociolinguistics.
Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociolog...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2000.
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Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Language in Society/Society in Language; Chapter 2 Language Choice; Chapter 3 Sociolinguistic Patterns; Chapter 4 Language and Gender; Chapter 5 Language Change in Social Perspective; Chapter 6 Pidgin and Creole Languages; Chapter 7 Linguistic Problems as Societal Problems; Chapter 8 Conclusions; References; Index.