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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edwards, John, 1947 December 3-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Key topics in sociolinguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 2. Identity, the individual and the group
  • 3. Identifying ourselves
  • 4. Language, dialect and identity
  • 5. Dialect and identity: beyond standard and nonstandard
  • 6. Language, religion and identity
  • 7. Language, gender and identity
  • 8. Ethnicity and nationalism
  • 9. Assessments of nationalism
  • 10. Language and nationalism
  • 11. Language planning and language ecology.