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Codes and Consequences : Choosing Linguistic Varieties.
This volume examines the implications of the phenomenon known as ""codeswitching"", where in given situations, different people with access to the same linguistic repertoire (or one person in different situations) will sometimes make very different linguistic choices. Employing M...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume examines the implications of the phenomenon known as ""codeswitching"", where in given situations, different people with access to the same linguistic repertoire (or one person in different situations) will sometimes make very different linguistic choices. Employing Myers-Scotton's concept of ""markedness"" the contributors examine codeswitching in situations including everyday conversation, literary texts, sermons, and others to show how the underlying social subtexts of the choices people make. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (230 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780195354072 0195354079 |