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Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics - Softcover

Romaine, Suzanne

 
9780198731924: Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0198731922 ISBN 13: 9780198731924
Verlag: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociology generally overlooks the role of language in the constitution of society. In this book Suzanne Romaine provides a clear, lively, and accessible introduction to the field of sociolinguistics and emphasizes the constant interaction between society and language. She shows how our linguistic choices are motivated by social factors, and how certain ways of speaking come to be vested with symbolic value, drawing from evidence from studies of cultures and languages all over the world. This new edition incorporates new material on current issues in the study of gender as well as other topics such as the linguistic dimension to the ethnic conflict in the Balkans, and the controversy over Ebonics in the United States.

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Professor Suzanne Romaine is Merton Professor of English Language at the University of Oxford and author of a number of books.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198731922
ISBN 13 
9780198731924
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
286
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