Language and Society Paperback / softback
by William (University of East Anglia) Downes
Part of the Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Downes' textbook is an accessible introduction to the social aspects of language and their various explanations.
Topics covered include domains of language use, language change, code-switching, speech as social action, and the nature of meaning and understanding.
This second edition includes an analysis of language standardisation, language conflict and planning.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:516 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified; 9 Maps; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/1998
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- ISBN:9780521456630
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:516 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified; 9 Maps; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521456630
