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Style and social identities : alternative approaches to linguistic heterogeneity /
Why do languages allow us to say 'the same thing' in so many different ways? One of the answers is that in saying what we want to say, we always position ourselves in social space as well, by speaking differently from relevant other social actors or groups. This volume explores how variabi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Language, power, and social process ;
18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why do languages allow us to say 'the same thing' in so many different ways? One of the answers is that in saying what we want to say, we always position ourselves in social space as well, by speaking differently from relevant other social actors or groups. This volume explores how variability in language is exploited (and maintained) in order to perform this social identity work in interaction. It shows that variable features cluster together in socially meaningful ways when considered as social (communicative) styles linked to social identities. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 513 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110198508 3110198509 1282194445 9781282194441 9786612194443 6612194448 |