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Language and identity : an introduction /
"The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Key topics in sociolinguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The language we use forms an important part of our sense of who we are - of our identity. This book outlines the relationship between our identity as members of groups - ethnic, national, religious and gender and the language varieties important to each group. What is a language? What is a dialect? Are there such things as language 'rights'? Must every national group have its own unique language? How have languages, large and small, been used to spread religious ideas? Why have particular religious and linguistic 'markers' been so central, singly or in combination, to the ways in which we think about ourselves and others? Using a rich variety of examples, the book highlights the linkages among languages, dialects and identities, with special attention given to religious, ethnic and national allegiances."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511652011 0511652011 9780511633096 0511633092 9780511809842 0511809840 0511847645 9780511847646 1107210593 9781107210592 1282393979 9781282393974 9786612393976 6612393971 0511634307 9780511634307 |