Language and society / William Downes.

Author
Downes, William [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Description
ix, 503 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Cambridge approaches to linguistics [More in this series]
    Medium/​Support
    papier
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-490) and index.
    Contents
    1. Linguistics and sociolinguistics 2. A tapestry in space and time 3. Language varieties: processes and problems 4. Discovering the structure in variation 5. Rhoticity 6. At the intersection of social factors 7. Change, meaning and acts of identity 8. The discourse of social life 9. Communication: words and world 10. Action and critique 11. Language and social explanation.
    ISBN
    • 0521450462
    • 9780521450461
    • 0521456630 ((pbk.))
    • 9780521456630 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    97040832
    OCLC
    37712974
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